Frederick is pulled over by a police officer for speeding and is given a ticket. Fredrick thinks the officer was being arbitrarily mean. He gets angry but feels like he can’t show the officer his anger. Soon after getting back on the freeway, Frederick cuts off another driver and makes a rude gesture. Which of the following ideas best explains Frederick's behavior?

Frederick is pulled over by a police officer for speeding and is given a ticket. Fredrick thinks the officer was being arbitrarily mean. He gets angry but feels like he can't show the officer his anger. Soon after getting back on the freeway, Frederick cuts off another driver and makes a rude gesture.

Which of the following ideas best explains Frederick's behavior?

displaced aggression hypothesis

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PratikshaS PratikshaS · Answer 2 · 2022-05-24T22:29:15+02:00

Fredrick behavior towards other drive due to his aggression with police officer is due to his displacement defense mechanism.

What do you mean by defense mechanism?

"Defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies, brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image."
It is an indirect method.

What is displacement defense mechanisms?

"It means diverting emotional feelings(usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target."

Here, Fredrick diverted his anger from police to another driver.

Hence, the answer is displacement defense mechanism.

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