Question

John's boss yells at him. As John walks meekly out of the boss's office, Dana walks past him and says, "Hello!" John yells at Dana and proceeds to berate her for the job she did on the last contract. Freud would say John is using ________ as a way of dealing with his stress. Which defense mechanism does this example demonstrate?

Answer 1

Answer: Displacement

Explanation:

According to the given scenario, the displacement is the term that is john using for dealing with the stress as it is the act of removing ow we can say that displaced something from its initial position or the place.

Displacement is one of the type of psychological method which basically displaced the negative emotions and feelings from its original position and place.

It is also known as the defense mechanisms of replacing any type of emotions. Therefore, Displacement is the correct answer.