A woman is frustrated by a person at work. Instead of attacking the coworker who is frustrating her, she yells at her best friend. According to the frustration aggression hypothesis, the woman is

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The woman is demonstrating displacement, which is a defense mechanism in which a person redirects their negative emotions or impulses towards a substitute target, often one that is less threatening or more available than the original source of frustration. Instead of attacking the coworker who is frustrating her, the woman yells at her friend, who is a substitute target.

A Woman Is Frustrated by a Person at Work