When Cami got home after being yelled at by her boss at work, she walked in the door and immediately started yelling at her kids about the house being dirty. The kids turned around and started yelling at the dog for tearing up a piece of paper. Immediately following that, the dog snapped at the cat when it walked through the living room. This scenario is a perfect example of which defense mechanism?

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Displacement involves redirecting emotions or reactions from the original source to another target. In this scenario, Cami displaces her frustration from her boss onto her kids, the kids displace their frustration onto the dog, and the dog displaces its frustration onto the cat.

When Cami Got Home After Being Yelled at by Her