A reporter goes to a gun show to cover a story for the local paper, and is inundated with the sight of guns. On the way home, he stops for lunch. Here he finds himself acting aggressively and rudely to the waiter. Which conceptbest explains his behavior?
a. Thanatos
b. triggered displacement
c. the weapons effect
d. displacement
C
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