Frasier Is Anxious and Upset to Learn His Employer Is

Multiple Choice

Frasier is anxious and upset to learn his employer is restructuring and will not be renewing his contract. In the weeks that follow, now unemployed, he begins telling people that losing his job was the best thing that ever happened to him and he's actually happy about it. He claims that he can now finally pursue all of his interests. He begins many large-scale projects that occupy all of his free time. What concept would Freud suggest is relevant for understanding why Frasier says he is happy about losing his job?

A) cognitive dissonance
B) rationalization
C) catharsis
D) objectification
E) ego death