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WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE: Peter Has Decided That He Wants

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WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE: Peter has decided that he wants to lose weight and develop a more defined physique in order to make himself more attractive to women. To this end, he joins a gym and begins eating low-fat, low-calorie foods. In particular, he cuts potato chips out of his diet and packs fruit in his lunch instead. After a few weeks, Peter decides that he actually prefers fruit with his lunch.
-In the WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE, after several weeks of exercising, Peter is still not seeing the desired results and decides that he is just too busy to go to the gym enough, and that his employer is really to blame for his failure to lose weight. Which of the following defense mechanisms has Peter demonstrated?

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