Instructions: Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 7

Essay

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
hierarchy

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A Freudian theory that proposes five stages of psychological development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) through which a child's libido focuses on different erogenous zones.

Displacement

Displacement is a defense mechanism where an individual shifts feelings from an undesirable situation or person to someone or something that is less threatening.

Regression

In psychology, a defense mechanism leading an individual to revert to an earlier stage of development in response to stress or conflict; in statistics, a method to determine the relationship between variables.

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their unwanted feelings, impulses, or thoughts onto someone else.