Rationalization involves creating a false excuse to justify unacceptable behavior or feelings. This involves distorting the reality of a situation in order to make it seem more acceptable or less threatening. For example, someone might rationalize their decision to cheat on a test by telling themselves that they needed to do well in the class to get into their preferred college.

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Rationalization Is

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Rationalization is

A) attributing to others our own unacceptable desires and impulses.
B) redirecting emotional, usually hostile, impulses from the real object to a substitute person or object.
C) behaving in a manner contrary to one's real feelings.
D) manufacturing a false, but "good," excuse to justify unacceptable behavior.

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