Although he stayed calm during the conversation Mark was angry as he left Professor McArthur's office because Mark felt he had been treated unfairly. A short while later, Mark snapped at a fellow student who asked if she could borrow his notes. Which ego defense mechanism best accounts for Mark's behavior toward the other student?

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Displacement is an ego defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously redirects their emotions or reactions from the original source to a safer target. In this case, Mark's anger towards Professor McArthur was redirected towards the other student who asked to borrow his notes. This behavior is best explained as displacement.

Although He Stayed Calm During the Conversation Mark Was Angry