A Stock Investor Has Just Lost a Huge Sum in the Stock

question 420

Multiple Choice

A stock investor has just lost a huge sum in the stock market meltdown. The investor tries to relieve the mental stress by telling himself, "I guess I'll have to chalk it up to experience. I'll learn from this mistake and I'll be a better person because of this." The investor is using which method of maintaining consistency?

• A) denial
• B) resistance
• C) transcendence
• D) romanticizing

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