Displacement: term originated by Sigmund Freud (1894a) to underscore the fact that psychic energy can be redirected from one idea to another'. In Freud's psychology, displacement (from German Verschiebung, literally meaning 'shift' or 'move') is an unconscious defense mechanism whereby the mind redirects affects from an object felt to be dangerous or unacceptable to an object felt to be safe or acceptable.
就是ets范文那篇generalists and specialists第一句里就出现的psychological displacement。
原文
In this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, both positive and negative effects among persons in Western society call for a balance in which there are both specialists and generalists.