AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sublimation In Freudian theory, a defense mechanism involving the channeling of unacceptable impulses into socially sanctioned behaviors or interests.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sublimation is a defense mechanism that involves channeling unwanted or unacceptable urges into an admissible or productive outlet. For example, a woman who recently went through a breakup may channel her emotions into a home improvement project.

Detailed explanation-3: -sublimation, in physics, conversion of a substance from the solid to the gaseous state without its becoming liquid. An example is the vaporization of frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) at ordinary atmospheric pressure and temperature. The phenomenon is the result of vapour pressure and temperature relationships.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sublimation is a psychological defense mechanism we may use to channel those feelings and inclinations into something acceptable and even beneficial. Sublimation has been a useful component in understanding behavior in social psychology and interpersonal psychoanalysis.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sublimation: It is a form of mechanism of substitution in which our acceptable desires or activities are redirected into socially desirable channels. For example, a business man who has been angry over certain events of the day may redirect his energies into games, gardening or any other manual work.