Marissa's response can be characterized as a form of rationalization. In this context, she is justifying her actions (breaking the toy) by expressing her feelings of frustration towards the other person's behavior (bothering her while she wants to play video games). Instead of taking responsibility for her actions, she shifts the focus to the other person's behavior to justify why she felt compelled to act as she did. This is a common defense mechanism where someone attempts to make a behavior seem more reasonable by providing a rationale for it.
Which of the following defense making is is Marissa using when she says so what if I broke her stupid toy she’s always bothering me when I wanna play video games and I should have to put up with that all the time
1 answer