//Which defense mechanism is John using when he says “It’s ok if I tell my parents that I am going to Lisa’s house even when I’m really going to ride around with Pete because they won’t mind.”

Question

//Which defense mechanism is John using when he says “It’s ok if I tell my parents that I am going to Lisa’s house even when I’m really going to ride around with Pete because they won’t mind.”
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regression
regression

rationalization
rationalization

rejection
rejection

denial

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The defense mechanism John is using in this scenario is **rationalization**. He is justifying his decision to tell a lie to his parents by convincing himself that "they won’t mind," which is a way of creating a logical explanation for his behavior.