If you come home from work and yell at your kids after being upset with your co- workers, you are likely demonstrating which defense mechanism?

a)displacement

b) rationalization

c) sublimation

d) depression

option "A"

displacement is the answer

Explanation:

"Displacement is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a less threatening recipient." - https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-displacement-in-psychology-4587375#:~:text=Displacement%20is%20a%20psychological%20defense,the%20defense%20is%20displaced%20aggression.

Displacement is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a less threatening recipient. A classic example of the defense is displaced aggression.1  If a person is angry but cannot direct their anger toward the source without consequences, they might "take out" their anger on a person or thing that poses less of a risk.

Explanation:

answer is b

  a   having low self-esteem

  b   having abusive family members

  c   having poor school attendance

  d   having friends who discuss gang life

living torture and being abused makes one not mind harming other people.

and also not being supported and abusing one turns one into this state.

i don't know im sorry.