Concept
Psychological projection
Overview
a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Philosophers who discussed Psychological projection
Related ideas
- Melanie Klein
- Giambattista Vico
- Anna Freud
- New Testament
- Psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychotherapy
- Sigmund Freud
- Empathy
- Age of Enlightenment
- Ludwig Feuerbach
- Carl Jung
- Erik Erikson
- Hope
- Anxiety
- Salem witch trials
- Defence mechanism
Place in the tradition
Part of Psychoanalytic theory.