Terms Related to Projection

• Rationalization

  A defense mechanism operating unconsciously, in which the individual attempts to justify or make consciously tolerable, by plausible means, feelings, behavior, and motives that would ...

• Population Projection

  The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by ...

• Red Nucleus

  A pinkish-yellow portion of the midbrain situated in the rostral mesencephalic tegmentum. It receives a large projection from the contralateral half of the CEREBELLUM via ...

• Defense Mechanisms

  Unconscious process used by an individual or a group of individuals in order to cope with impulses, feelings or ideas which are not acceptable at ...

• Sublimation

  A defense mechanism through which unacceptable impulses and instinctive urges are diverted into personally and socially acceptable channels; e.g., aggression may be diverted through sports ...

• Dual-Energy Scanned Projection Radiography

  A method of producing a high-quality scan by digitizing and subtracting the images produced by high- and low-energy x-rays.