displacement

**__Displacement__** ** Placing your anger on a weaker object or person. A way of avoiding unpleasent emotions. **  ** A form of coping with anger . ** 



// Ex 1. The boss gets angry and shouts at John. John goes home and kicks the dog. Ex 2. Some people punch cushions when they are angry at friends. Ex 3. A man is angry with his boss, but he cannot express this so he hits his wife. The wife hits one of the children, possibly disguising this as punishment //.  