Directing Energy Toward Another Object or a Person (When Anxiety

question 30

Multiple Choice

Directing energy toward another object or a person (when anxiety is reduced by focusing on a "safer target") is known as:

• A)sublimation.
• B)repression.
• C)introjection.
• D)displacement.
• E)compensation.

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Definitions:

Progressive

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Federal Budget Deficit

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