displacement activity

n 1. (Psychology) psychol behaviour that occurs typically when there is a conflict between motives and that has no relevance to either motive, e.g. head scratching 2. (Zoology) zoology the substitution of a pattern of animal behaviour that is different from behaviour relevant to the situation, e.g. preening at an apparently inappropriate time

displacement activity

Uncertain; an irrelevant activity produced by an excess of one or more conflicting drives in an organism.

displacement activity

One of the psychological DEFENCE MECHANISMS. Frustrated emotions aroused by a person, idea or object are transferred to another person, idea or object. Thus an aggrieved employee might take out his resentment on a punch-bag.

displacement activity

any animal behaviour that takes place outside its normal context, usually in a stress situation. It has been interpreted as being a result of aggression and fleeing drives occurring together. Examples include false brooding in birds; birds picking up nesting material from the ground and throwing it away on being disturbed from the nest; sticklebacks suddenly digging in the vertical position during a boundary clash. See VACUUM ACTIVITY.

单词	displacement activity
释义	displacement activity displacement activity n 1. (Psychology) psychol behaviour that occurs typically when there is a conflict between motives and that has no relevance to either motive, e.g. head scratching 2. (Zoology) zoology the substitution of a pattern of animal behaviour that is different from behaviour relevant to the situation, e.g. preening at an apparently inappropriate time EncyclopediaSeeactivity displacement activity displacement activity Uncertain; an irrelevant activity produced by an excess of one or more conflicting drives in an organism. displacement activity One of the psychological DEFENCE MECHANISMS. Frustrated emotions aroused by a person, idea or object are transferred to another person, idea or object. Thus an aggrieved employee might take out his resentment on a punch-bag. displacement activity any animal behaviour that takes place outside its normal context, usually in a stress situation. It has been interpreted as being a result of aggression and fleeing drives occurring together. Examples include false brooding in birds; birds picking up nesting material from the ground and throwing it away on being disturbed from the nest; sticklebacks suddenly digging in the vertical position during a boundary clash. See VACUUM ACTIVITY.
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