Wong came to work only to find out from his female boss that the company was closing

He was so upset and angry that he lost his job, but he knew he couldn't take it out on his boss. When Wong arrived home, he yelled at his wife for not turning off the light. The defense mechanism Wong unknowingly utilized is _____.
Fill in the blank with correct word


Answer: displacement

Psychology

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Samples of convenience are ____

a. ?unacceptable in psychology b. ?not random c. ?best for experiments d. ?especially useful for causal hypotheses

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There are approximately _________ neurons in the brain of an average human being

a. 100 thousand b. 100 million c. 100 billion d. 100 trillion

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In general, when objects of different sizes are moving relative to each other,

a. the larger object appears to move. b. the smaller object appears to move. c. they appear to move in the same direction. d. the background appears to move, but not the objects. e. larger objects appear to move faster than smaller objects.

Psychology