According to Albert Cohen, the term ________ refers to a mechanism that relieves anxiety through the process of rejecting with abnormal intensity what one wants but cannot obtain.

A. differential association
B. atavistic stigmata
C. reaction formation
D. victim precipitation


Answer: C

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