Zelda is really angry at her friend Brenda, and feels an overwhelming urge to set fire to Brenda's car.She doesn't, but instead goes home and builds a roaring fire in the stone fire pit in her back yard.She then throws three of Brenda's pictures into the blaze.Zelda has used a defense mechanism called ________.

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Sublimation is a defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behaviors. Zelda channels her anger into a socially acceptable activity by burning pictures in a fire pit instead of acting on her urge to set fire to Brenda's car.

Zelda Is Really Angry at Her Friend Brenda, and Feels