Dan is 5 years old, and progressing through Freud's phallic stage of development. When he uses proper manners, such as saying please and thank you, he notices that his parents are happy, so he uses proper manners more often. When he leaves his toys out after playing with them, he notices that his parents are not happy, so he avoids doing this in order to avoid loss of love. What did Freud call this process

Introjection

Explanation:

Psychological Defense Mechanisms This are simply put up by individuals to help the one's ego adapt with anxiety, frustration, and unacceptable impulses.It help an individual to relieve tension and the demands of the external world. It includes denial, projection. Sublimation , undoing, introjection etc.

Introjection as a Developmental Function

This involves an individual taking in objects usually psychologically and physically. It is an immature Defense Mechanism.

Introjection as a Defensive Function

1. introjection of loved ones

This is simply known as an individual internalizing the qualities of objects with goal of establishing closeness to and constant presence of the object. anxiety due to separation or the tension from ambivalence is reduced, internalize parents, friends, etc.

2. introjection of feared objects

This is simply known as when an individual tries in every possible way to avoid anxiety by internalizing aggressive characteristics of an object and thereby putting aggression under one's control. It is an immature defense mechanism