After Linus was rejected from attending his first college choice, he told his friends that he would rather attend a smaller school anyway. Linus is engaging in the defense mechanism of ____

a. ?sublimation
b. ?reaction formation
c. ?projection
d. ?rationalization


ANSWER:
d

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