Question

George gets heavily into basketball and the debating team during adolescence in order to deal with some of his unruly hormonal impulses. Freud would say he's employing a defense mechanism called

Answer 1

Sublimation. Unacceptable impulses are a form of

energy that needs to go somewhere. Sublimation is a

defense that redirects such energy into acceptable

behavior. For example, a person who easily becomes

angry begins exercising in a gym where he can vent

some of his anger.

Answer 2

Sigmund Freud would say he's employing a defense mechanism called displacement.  It is an oblivious barrier component whereby the mind substitutes either another point or another question for objectives felt in their unique shape to be unsafe or inadmissible. The dislodging works in the psyche unknowingly, its transference of feelings, thoughts, or wishes being regularly used to alleviate uneasiness even with forceful or sexual motivations.