Suzanne always feels a little inadequate when she's around her successful younger sister. At Thanksgiving dinner, she accidentally drops the pumpkin pie, and she immediately bursts into tears and turns to her mother for comfort. This example best illustrates the defense mechanism known as:
A. regression.
B. rationalization.
C. repression.
D. projection.
Answer: A
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