__________ involves moving a troubling impulse onto a different, less-threatening object

a. Denial
b. Displacement
c. Repression
d. Projection


Answer: B: Displacement

Psychology

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Fill in the blank with correct word

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A. gyri. B. sulci. C. nuclei. D. ganglia.

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