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

Displacement (Psychology) Medical Definitions and Terms

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