Shortly After Receiving a Traffic Ticket for Speeding,Fred Made Numerous

question 264

Multiple Choice

Shortly after receiving a traffic ticket for speeding,Fred made numerous hostile comments to his wife about the incompetence of women drivers.Fred's comments illustrate most clearly the defense mechanism of

• A) reaction formation.
• B) rationalization.
• C) identification.
• D) displacement.

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