Showing a film through the use of a projector is called projection.
Projection comes from the Latin proiectio and refers to the action and the results of projecting (causing the reflection of an enlarged image on a surface, making the figure of an object become visible on another, developing a plan to achieve something).
The projection, therefore, can be the image that is formed, temporarily, on a flat body . To achieve this, some type of focus is used. In this sense, showing movies through a projector is also known as projection. For example: "Tomorrow I am going to attend the screening of Spielberg's latest film at the club" , "I don't want to miss the projection of the game on the giant screen" .
Graphic projection
Graphic projection , on the other hand, is the procedure that draftsmen develop to achieve the representation of a body on a surface. The person must start from the focus and draw auxiliary lines to reflect the object in question on a plane.
The projection focus, the point that is intended to be projected, the point that is actually projected, the line known as the projector and the projection plane are the main elements of graphic projection.
A potential situation
The projection is also an estimate about the potential situation of a company or the progress of a plan.
This projection can refer, for example, to a particular point in the future ( "Our projections speak of 10% sales growth in the next five years" ) or to the level of impact or reach of a person or an event. ( "This player has an important international projection" , "The congressional scandal was an event of international projection" ).
In psychology, projection is a defense mechanism.
Projection in psychology
For psychology , projection represents a defense mechanism that occurs when emotions go through conflictive stages, whether due to internal or external causes, and consists of attributing to other individuals or even things one's own feelings, ideas or reactions that do not exist. can be accepted, given that when trying to feel identified with them, one suffers a state of great anxiety that causes rejection, as if it were an incompatible organ.
In principle, Freud used this concept referring to a phenomenon present in patients who suffered from a case of paranoia ; Later, it was unanimously accepted to speak of a type of mechanism that takes place in any psychic structure , even the one considered " normal ." We often find aspects of ourselves that do not suit us, or we have spontaneous thoughts that are not governed in any way by our values or our morals, and we find it difficult to accept them as our own, and then we project them onto someone or something inadvertently. and almost innocent.
Examples of this defense mechanism
One of the most used cases to exemplify projection is that of a person who cannot face infidelity on the part of their partner and makes themselves believe that another subject, probably a friend, is experiencing said reality. The pent-up anger due to the impossibility of talking to the unfaithful person and demanding an explanation, or breaking the relationship, or solving it in some way, generates aggressive impulses against someone else. The most interesting thing is that projection can take various forms and in this case, it could push the victim of deception to transfer both their personal situation and their partner's attitude to an acquaintance, and the results would be clearly different.
In the first example, when you victimize another person so as not to suffer harm yourself, you tend to feel sorry for them; On the other hand, when the role that is projected is that of the unfaithful, it is very likely that there will be a wave of aggressiveness towards the other subject that will grow until control of the situation is lost, unless there is an adequate treatment that acts at the same time. time.