Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
acting out
English answer:
behaving in an emotion-driven, impulsive way
Added to glossary by
B D Finch
Sep 5, 2011 21:59
12 yrs ago
English term
marielos
acting out
English
Social Sciences
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
what are the steps you would take with a student whose acting out behavior
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| 4 +6 | behaving in an emotion-driven, impulsive way |
B D Finch
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| 4 | expressing emotions in an exagerated and often violent way |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 4 | misbehaving |
Stephen D
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Sep 19, 2011 11:06: B D Finch Created KOG entry
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behaving in an emotion-driven, impulsive way
www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0704-relationships.html
"This is a sure sign of “acting out” behavior rather than acting up behavior. Acting out behavior is driven by emotions. When students are in an emotional frame of ..."
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=acting o...
"Definitions of acting out
1. [n] - a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult
2. [n] - (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words)"
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"Sociopaths and hysterical personalities tend to act out their unconscious fantasies in their personal relations. This acting out resembles transference."
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/summary/13/5/439
"Obviously, all “neurotic acting out” has the following in common: It is an acting which unconsciously relieves inner tension and brings a partial discharge to warded off impulses (no matter whether these impulses express directly instinctual demands, or are reactions to original instinctual demands, f.e. guilt feelings); the present situation, somehow associatively connected with the repressed content, is used as an occasion for the discharge of repressed energies; the cathexis is displaced from the repressed memories to the present “derivative”, and this displacement makes the discharge possible."
http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=PSAR.032.0197A
"This is a sure sign of “acting out” behavior rather than acting up behavior. Acting out behavior is driven by emotions. When students are in an emotional frame of ..."
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=acting o...
"Definitions of acting out
1. [n] - a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult
2. [n] - (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words)"
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-09-06 00:01:34 GMT)
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"Sociopaths and hysterical personalities tend to act out their unconscious fantasies in their personal relations. This acting out resembles transference."
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/summary/13/5/439
"Obviously, all “neurotic acting out” has the following in common: It is an acting which unconsciously relieves inner tension and brings a partial discharge to warded off impulses (no matter whether these impulses express directly instinctual demands, or are reactions to original instinctual demands, f.e. guilt feelings); the present situation, somehow associatively connected with the repressed content, is used as an occasion for the discharge of repressed energies; the cathexis is displaced from the repressed memories to the present “derivative”, and this displacement makes the discharge possible."
http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=PSAR.032.0197A
Peer comment(s):
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eccotraduttrice
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Thanks Chiara
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: I think it is often a way to express emotions when the actual emotions are not clearly understood and therefore impossible to express any other way.
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Thanks Tina. Though there may be expression of emotions, the manner and occasion of their expression is not chosen by or under the control of the subject and can cause them harm.
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Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
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Thanks Liz
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Andrei Vrabtchev
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Thanks Andrei
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Phong Le
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Thanks Phong Le
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Ashutosh Mitra
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Thanks Ashutosh
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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expressing emotions in an exagerated and often violent way
Acting out is a psychological term from the parlance of defense mechanisms and self-control, meaning to perform an action in contrast to bearing and managing the impulse to perform it. The acting done is usually anti-social and may take the form of acting on the impulses of an addiction (eg. drinking, drug taking or shoplifting) or in a means designed (often unconsciously or semi-consciously) to garner attention (eg. throwing a tantrum or behaving promiscuously).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_out Either your sentence is cut short or you have a syntax problem!
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: Not sure about "exaggerated" and your reference tends to support it being more about emotion-driven behaviour than emotion-expressing behaviour.
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Sorry for the typo. Thanks for pointing it out. I think that the reference gives an adequate idea of what acting out means.
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misbehaving
to act out = to misbehave
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normally to get attention
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"attention-seeking behaviour" would be similar to "acting out behaviour"
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normally to get attention
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"attention-seeking behaviour" would be similar to "acting out behaviour"
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Claire Nolan
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Thanks, Clain
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B D Finch
: If the context is social science and education, then "misbehaving" would be both too judgemental and too imprecise.// The question is posted under Social Sciences and the context is clearly education.
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Thanks for your comment. I agree your answer would be better in a book on psychology but the asker also posted this question under "General, Conversation and Letters". I think my answer is enough for the asker to understand what the term means. Thanks.
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