Miasha is unable to keep her apartment neat and organized. She often complains that her roommates lack cleanliness. She refers to them as slobs and hates them. In this scenario, Miasha is most likely using the defense mechanism of:

A. projection.
B. sublimation.
C. repression.
D. reaction formation.


Answer: A

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