Xavier Had a Particularly Bad Day at Work

question 105

Multiple Choice

Xavier had a particularly bad day at work.His boss yelled at him for something that was not his fault,his customers decided to hire a different firm,and to make it worse he got stuck in horrible rush-hour traffic on the way home.When Xavier got home,he went into his basement and wailed on a punching bag for an hour.This "venting" of his pent up rage and hostility onto a more appropriate target is called __________.

• A) projection
• B) sublimation
• C) displacement
• D) regression

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