You are not happy with your midterm mark. You meet with your professor and even though the class average was high, you tell your professor "everyone in class thinks the exam was very hard and that's why we didn't do well". This would be an example of which of the following defense mechanisms?

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This is an example of projection, a defense mechanism where an individual attributes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person. In this scenario, you are projecting your feelings about the exam's difficulty onto everyone else in the class to justify your performance.

You Are Not Happy with Your Midterm Mark