You had a lousy day at work.You really would like to hurt your boss,but you don't.Instead,on the highway driving home you honk at every person in your way.You have substituted your goal of hurting your boss for a more acceptable goal.This process is called
A) sublimation.
B) displacement.
C) identification.
D) reaction formation.

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The process described in the scenario is displacement, which involves redirecting one's unacceptable impulses onto a more acceptable target. In this case, the anger towards the boss is redirected towards other drivers on the road through honking. Sublimation involves channeling unacceptable impulses into more socially acceptable activities, identification involves taking on the characteristics of another person or group as a defense mechanism, and reaction formation involves expressing the opposite of one's true feelings as a defense mechanism.

You Had a Lousy Day at Work