Multiple Choice
A person sitting next to you in class gets a low grade on this exam.When you discuss the exam results, the person blames their performance on the difficulty of the material, their lack of belief in psychoanalytic theory, lack of the necessity to have this knowledge in the future, belief that the material is irrelevant, etc.This student may be using the Freudian defense mechanism of _____ to explain his or her poor behavior.
A) repression
B) reaction formation
C) regression
D) rationalization
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