While cross-examining a female defense witness, a male attorney becomes annoyed. The witness remains calm. The attorney grows more frustrated, then accuses the witness of being defensive and asks why she is so angry with him. This reattribution of one's own emotion onto another is an example of:
a. Transference
b. Countertransference
c. projection
d. Displacement
e. Reaction Formation
Answer: c. projection
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