Little Neil is frustrated and is threatening to throttle his baby sister. His mother intervenes, and suggests that Neil "get over it" by taking a dozen eggs and smashing them against the tree in the front yard. Neil's mother appears to be a proponent of _______ as a means of reducing aggression.
A) catharsis
B) repression
C) projection
D) displacement
E) frustration-aggression theory
A) catharsis
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