Sam has a real clunker of a car that has stalled on him numerous times.He tells his friends that he is getting a brand new car, but then he checks out the prices and realizes that he cannot afford a new car.When his friends ask him when he is getting the new car, he responds that he does not know what he was thinking.He could never give up this car."It's a classic." Sam is using the defense mechanism known as
A) displacement.
B) rationalization.
C) compensation.
D) sublimation.

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Sam is rationalizing his decision to keep his clunker by saying it's a classic, instead of admitting he cannot afford a new car.

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