AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It involves the tendency to see your own unacceptable desires in other people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Projection. Projection is a defense mechanism that involves taking your own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people.

Detailed explanation-3: -3. Projection is a form of defense in which unwanted feelings are displaced onto another person, where they then appear as a threat from the external world. A common form of projection occurs when an individual, threatened by his own angry feelings, accuses another of harbouring hostile thoughts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ed, LCSW, projection refers to unconsciously taking unwanted emotions or traits you don’t like about yourself and attributing them to someone else. A common example is a cheating spouse who suspects their partner is being unfaithful.

Detailed explanation-5: -The classic example of Freudian projection is that of a woman who has been unfaithful to her husband but who accuses her husband of cheating on her. Another example of psychological projection is someone who feels a compulsion to steal things then projects those feelings onto others.