Psychology / Unit 10 Psych 1105 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Projection
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The idea
Projection is attributing one's own unacceptable impulses or feelings to another person.
In practice
Someone who resents a colleague becomes convinced the colleague resents them.
Where people slip
Projection is the defense mechanism most casually invoked in ordinary conversation and least often demonstrated.
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