Meaning Of The Word Displacement activity
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Displacement activity Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Displacement activity?
displacement activity in American English
noun: a behavior performed out of its usual context and apparently irrelevant to the prevailing situation, as eating when an unknown individual approaches, tending to occur when appropiate behaviors, as attacking or fleeing, are in conflict or obstructed displacement activity in British English noun: behaviour that occurs typically when there is a conflict between motives and that has no relevance to either motive, e. g. head scratching |
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