Peter has tried out for every sports team at his high school but has not shown any athletic talent
However, he is excellent at designing winning strategies, so he becomes an assistant to the coaching staff. Ultimately, Peter works his way up in the sports world through sports medicine to become the manager of a sports team and, ultimately, a part owner of the team. Peter's rise to fame is an example of which defense mechanism?
a. compensation
b. rationalization
c. sublimation
d. reaction formation
ANSWER: a
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