Channelling of a strong and socially unacceptable drive or urge into a form that is acceptable to society is called as

Concept:-

In psychoanalytic theory, given by Sigmund Freud says that the defense mechanism is an unconscious psychological action that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts and outer stressors. There are many defense mechanisms enlist which a person uses in his day to day life:

• Sublimation: It is similar to displacement, but takes place when a person manages to displace his unacceptable emotions into behaviors that are constructive and socially acceptable, rather than destructive activities.
• Sublimation is one of Freud's original defense mechanisms in which his deep sexual desires were turned into socially acceptable behavior by his writings and paintings.

Additional Information   1. Regression

• Regression is a defense mechanism proposed by Anna Freud whereby the ego reverts to an earlier stage of development usually in response to stressful situations. Regressions enable a person to psychologically go back in time to a period when the person felt safer.
• Example: When a person is troubled, he behaves most often childish or primitively to cope with the undesirable situation.

    2. Identification: 

• also known as Introjection. Is a defense mechanism when a person not only takes on a belief or voice of another person but also begins to identify with that individual. For example, a father tells his son that women do the household work and the son keeps this thought in his mind and acts in the same manner as his father does.