The definition of reaction formation @ 0:26 is incorrect. That definition is better suited to describe "projection" or "projective identification". Reaction formation is when an unacceptable or anxiety-provoking impulse, feeling or wish is dealt with by expressing the opposite of said impulse, feeling, wish. For example, a child that hates his mother might exaggerate his displays of affection for her and may refuse to allow feelings other than (reactive) "love" to be expressed. The child's love will feel disingenuous, overdone, inflexible to the mother.
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The definition of reaction formation @ 0:26 is incorrect. That definition is better suited to describe "projection" or "projective identification". Reaction formation is when an unacceptable or anxiety-provoking impulse, feeling or wish is dealt with by expressing the opposite of said impulse, feeling, wish. For example, a child that hates his mother might exaggerate his displays of affection for her and may refuse to allow feelings other than (reactive) "love" to be expressed. The child's love will feel disingenuous, overdone, inflexible to the mother.