Question

Bonnie is afraid to express anger toward her overbearing and irritating supervisor. instead, she is critical of her children. a psychoanalyst would suggest that bonnie's reaction to her children illustrates:

Answer 1

A psychoanalyst would suggest that Bonnie's reaction to her children illustrates the defense mechanism called displacement, which consists on  the change of actions from the main target to a substitute one when the main target is not permitted or not available to reach.