After his girlfriend rejects his sexual advances, Elsworth goes to the park and plays the best game of basketball he's ever played. Elsworth's sexual energy could have been unconsciously converted to athletic prowess, according to which psychodynamic defense mechanism?
A. Sublimation
B. Displacement
C. Projection
D. Reaction formation
Answer: A
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