Question

Arwan, a teenager, has had a history of bad temper. Ever since childhood, he has experienced extreme anger, and this has often led him into trouble. However, he has now found means of venting his frustration and channeling his anger into activities such as boxing and Pilates. This is an example of the Freudian defense mechanism known as _______.

Answer 1

Answer:sublimation

Explanation:

According to psychology, sublimation is a way of dealing with your issues in a way that you move away from defence mechanism that are socially unwelcome or unacceptable to finding way that are more ideal and social acceptable. This may help someone totally abandone their old ways of dealing with things and recover even from their initial behavior that use to trigger those socially unacceptable behaviours.

Arwan has transformed and find a better way of dealing with his anger by joining boxing and Pilates which may help him eliminate this issue in the future.