Liz has become more responsive to her partner's advances since she noticed that an attractive woman had moved in next door.Liz is using a defense mechanism called:

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Liz is displacing her sexual desires towards her partner onto the idea of the attractive neighbor. This is a classic example of displacement, a defense mechanism where an individual redirects their negative or unacceptable impulses onto a less threatening target. Projection involves attributing one's own thoughts or feelings to someone else, sublimation involves channeling one's negative impulses into socially acceptable activities, and identification involves adopting characteristics of someone else to compensate for feelings of inadequacy.

Liz Has Become More Responsive to Her Partner's Advances Since