Xavier had a particularly bad day at work. His boss yelled at him for something that was not his fault, his customers decided to hire a different firm, and to make it worse he got stuck in horrible rush-hour traffic on the way home
When Xavier got home, he went into his basement and wailed on a punching bag for an hour. This "venting" of his pent up rage and hostility onto a more appropriate target is called __________.
a. projection
b. sublimation
c. displacement
d. regression
Answer: C
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She has been truthfully informed that Wilbur is either a left-handed Chinese psycholinguist or a left-handed used car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States. If Sabiha makes good use of base rates, which of the following outcomes should she expect? a) Wilbur is a left-handed Chinese psycholinguist. b) Wilbur is a new car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States. c) She has been misinformed about Wilbur's existence as a crude statistical prank. d) Wilbur is a used car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States who also happens to be left-handed.
The gathering, analyzing, and structuring of information about a job's components, characteristics, and requirements is a process called:
a. task analysis b. job analysis c. surveying d. job description