Question

Shyteria is a toll-booth operator. At least once every hour, she typically has an encounter with a motorist who berates and belittles her because they are upset about traffic, they don't have enough change, or they are just unhappy that day. As a result, when she gets home Shyteria often yells at her roommates and slams cabinet doors closed when she can't find what she wants. She is displaying classic symptoms of __________.

displacement
projection
regression
sublimation

Answer 1

Answer:displacement

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us say you had a conflict with your boss or the boss had something that he did not like about your work and his critisism was hurtful to you or it made you angry. You can't take it out to him because he is your superior and yiu fear the consequences that may result from that so you end up going home and shouting at your kids. This is because your kids can't do anything back , they are a less threat. This is called displacement.

Displacement is our defence mechanism in which we take out our negative feelings towards those who are less threatening when compared to what or who really upset us.

Shyteria can't take out her feeling to the clients because she can lose her job if they complain about her hence she bottles them out and take them out when she gets home.