A mother and her child sit in a playroom on the pediatric unit.The boy wants to play with a toy that another child has but the mother says no.The child cries,throws a block,and runs over to kick the door.This child is using a mechanism known as:

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Displacement is transferring emotions,ideas,or wishes from a stressful situation to a less anxiety-producing substitute.Compensation is making up for a deficiency in one aspect of self-image by strongly emphasizing a feature considered an asset.Conversion is unconsciously repressing an anxiety-producing emotional conflict and transforming it into nonorganic symptoms.Denial is avoiding emotional conflicts by refusing to consciously acknowledge anything that might cause intolerable emotional pain.

A Mother and Her Child Sit in a Playroom on the Pediatric