Multiple Choice
One evening after work, Barbara arrives home in a very bad mood. Noticing this, her husband James asks her why she seems so angry and upset. Barbara hadn't thought about her mood before James mentioned it, and now she thinks hard about what has caused her to be so sullen. She decides that it was because she was hungry and tired, and she tells James so. Barbara is __________ her behavior.
A) constructing a causal theory about
B) making an excuse for
C) attempting to discount
D) overjustifying
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