It Is Finals Week and Donna Has Two Cumulative Exams

question 115

Multiple Choice

It is finals week and Donna has two cumulative exams tomorrow.She has been studying,it seems,nonstop for the past few days and is currently in her dorm room studying.Her roommate tells her that she is studying too much and that she should go out to dinner with her.Donna replies,"No thanks.I plan to spend the evening sleeping ...uh,I mean studying." Donna's reply is an example of what Freud would call

• A) a slip of the tongue.
• B) denial.
• C) rationalization.
• D) projection.

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