Marissa is using rationalization as her defense mechanism. In this context, she justifies her actions (breaking the toy) by blaming the other person's behavior (bothering her) instead of taking responsibility. However, this specific term isn't listed in your options. Her reasoning does not fit neatly into compensation, denial, reaction formation, or projection, but if you must choose from the options provided, it might be closest to reaction formation, as she is expressing a justified anger by minimizing the other person's importance through her statements. Please verify this with your course material, as interpretations can vary.
Which of the following defense mechanisms is Marissa using when she says “So what if I broke her stupid toy? She’s always bothering me when I want to play video games and no one should have to put up with that all the time.” (1 point) Responses compensation compensation denial denial reaction formation reaction formation projection projection
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