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Displacement (Psychology)

Medical Definition:	The process by which an emotional or behavioral response that is appropriate for one situation appears in another situation for which it is inappropriate.
Guide Notes:	no qualif; DF: DISPLACEMENT
Previously Indexed:	Behavior (1966-1967),Psychoanalytic Interpretation (1966-1967)

Displacement (Psychology) Categories.

Cathexis - Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person.

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