Multiple Choice
A patient diagnosed with lung cancer continues to smoke and says, "I think my cancer is more the result of a bad gene than of smoking." The patient shows the use of which defense mechanism?
A) Denial
B) Compensation
C) Intellectualization
D) Reaction formation
Correct Answer:
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