Match the Definition with the Term

Multiple Choice

Match the definition with the term.
-rationalization

A) a defense mechanism in which a person's true motivations are denied and a false excuse or explanation is substituted for them
B) a defense mechanism in which an emotion-charged subject is directly approached,but in a strictly rational manner that avoids emotional involvement
C) a defense mechanism in which an impulse is redirected toward a substitute target that resembles the original in some way,but that is psychologically "safer"
D) a defense mechanism in which an individual unconsciously adopts the characteris-tics of an emotionally important person
E) a defense mechanism in which one's own unacceptable impulses are denied and then attributed to someone else instead