Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

déplacements

English translation:

movements (physical); displacements (behavioural/representational)

Added to glossary by Stéphanie Soudais (X)
Nov 1, 2007 14:29
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French term

déplacements

French to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Social Psychology
L'Objet ne reste pas inerte en réponse à l'engagement de la méthode. Par exemple, si la méthode consiste à faire parler les gens (entretiens, questions ouvertes, discussions de groupe), on ne pourra guère saisir de l'Objet que ce qui, de lui, peut être mis en langue (et peut-être même forcera-t-on un peu celle-ci, au risque de compromettre la congruence entre Méthode et Population). Or, on pourrait aussi bien s'attacher seulement aux conduites effectives, aux comportements, aux *******déplacements*******, aux gestes, et penser à bon droit qu'ils sont eux aussi plus ou moins révélateurs de la représentation.

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Here, I'm looking for a (preferably) single "Social-psychology" term - if such a thing exists - for "déplacements" in this context. My own 1st attempt is "movements" or even "displacements", but I don't know if either of these is acceptable as a term here. Neither sounds very convincing to me...

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 displacements
4 movements
Change log

Nov 6, 2007 08:45: Carol Gullidge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/134264">Carol Gullidge's</a> old entry - "déplacements (in this context)"" to ""displacements (behavioural/representational)""

Jan 14, 2011 12:39: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/134264">Carol Gullidge's</a> old entry - "déplacements (in this context)"" to ""movements (physical); displacements (behavioural/representational)""

Jan 14, 2011 12:39: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/132717">Stéphanie Soudais (X)'s</a> old entry - "déplacements "" to ""movements (physical); displacements (behavioural/representational)""

Feb 18, 2011 12:49: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Term asked" from "déplacements (in this context)" to "déplacements "

Discussion

David Hollywood Nov 1, 2007:
Denise has a very good point about differentiating between physical and cognitive behaviours ... it's a tricky one ....
David Hollywood Nov 1, 2007:
"displacement" certainly is an accepted term in psychoanalysis Carol ....

Defense mechanism. Redirection of emotion. A person may become angry with their boss, and take their anger out on a co-worker. Assaulting innanimate objects is displacing frustration and anger in a “safe” fashion. (see also “sublimation”)
www.reasoned.org/glossary.htm

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): déplacements (in this context)
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displacements

i.e. redirection of emotion ... might fit here and is used a lot in psychoanalysis ....

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Note added at 22 mins (2007-11-01 14:52:13 GMT)
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But this was not psychoanalysis. There are two kinds of analysis. There is Freudian analysis, .... It's a déplacement (displacement) , or an inversion. ...
www.psychomedia.it/jep/number8-9/grunberg.htm - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
Note from asker:
thanks! Is "displacements" then an accepted term in psychoanalysis? This wasn'y what I had in mind, but makes a lot more sense . I was going to use that word - but for the wrong reasons!
the link looks pretty convincing!
Many thanks, David! You've both been very helpful, making it hard to select an answer.
Peer comment(s):

agree Melissa McMahon : First I agreed with Denise, but "movements" doesn't seem v. distinct from behaviours/gestures - the list is of non-linguistic signs rather than non-cognitive per se, and displacement is as much behavioral as representational (transference, or D's 1st eg.)
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French term (edited): déplacements (in this context)

movements

This is a list of physical behaviors.
"Displacement" would fit into a category of cognitive behaviors such as "repression," for example.
Note from asker:
thanks, Denise! Unfortunately, I can't get beyond a rather mystifying home page in Science Direct - it comes up with an error msg!
Peer comment(s):

neutral David Hollywood : this is a very good point Denise ... tricky to be sure ....
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