Alan dislikes his elder brother, sebastian, because he feels that his parents are partial toward him. he is always eager to pick a fight with sebastian but he tells his friends that sebastian does not like him and is always looking for ways to get back at him. according to freudian psychoanalytic theory, alan's behavior best exemplifies

Alan's behavior best exemplifies projection. The projection is a defense mechanism described by Sigmund Freud which indicates that the person attributes to other thoughts, feelings or impulses that are his own but that he refuses to accept because this would generate considerable emotional discomfort. In addition to this mechanism in his theory, Freud conceptualized other defense mechanisms, such as denial or transference.

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The correct answer is connotation.