Sophia performs poorly in her science test. When her parents question her poor performance, she blames her relatives and neighbors for low grades because they visited her home the day before her science test. In this case, Sophia is reducing the responsibility of her poor performance through
A. moral justification.
B. displacement.
C. diffusion.
D. palliative comparisons.
Answer: B
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