Tito is displaying rationalization. He is justifying the negative behavior of the other students by suggesting that their picking on him is a sign of their affection, instead of recognizing it as bullying. Rationalization is a defense mechanism where a person explains an emotion or behavior in a logical or reasonable way to avoid the true explanation.
Students often pick on Tifo, but he says that this behavior is a sign that the other students like him. What defense. mechanism is Tito displaying?
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Oregression
O denial
compensation
Orationalization
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