After Daniel balloons to a weight of 450 pounds, he becomes very stressed. When confronted about his stress and weight problem by his wife, he said, “It is healthy for me to maintain this weight because I’ll live longer if a famine occurs.” What defense mechanism is Daniel using?
a. ?repression
b. ?rationalization
c. ?displacement
d. ?projection
ANSWER:
b
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