Akbar Has a Real Clunker of a Car That Has

Multiple Choice

Akbar has a real clunker of a car that has stalled on him numerous times. He tells his friends that he is getting a brand new car, but then he checks out the prices and realizes that he cannot afford a new car. When friends ask him when he is getting the new car, he responds that he does not know what he was thinking. He could never give up this car. "It's a classic." Akbar is using the defense mechanism known as

A) displacement.
B) rationalization.
C) compensation.
D) sublimation.