Question

Alejandro was reprimanded for an accounting error by his boss in front of his co-workers. Alejandro gets home from his job and yells at his wife for not having dinner ready. His wife then yells at the children for leaving their toys all over the house. This BEST illustrates the use of a defense mechanism known as _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

displacement

Explanation:

Displacement is a psychological defense mechanism where the person redirected the emotion in a negative way via from the real source to the lower threatening receipt

As in the given situation, the husband yells his wife and then wife yells her children so this represent that they use the defense mechanism i.e. displacement