Assessing Rationalization as a Defense Mechanism
In a study of defense mechanisms, college students explain the causes of hypothetical personal failures. Many participants attribute their failures to external factors, such as unfair professors or difficult circumstances. Which methodological improvement would best assess whether this represents the defense mechanism of rationalization?
A
Compare responses between freshman and senior students
B
Use only scenarios involving academic failures
C
Ask participants to rate how much they typically use rationalization
D
Include behavioral observations of participants’ actual responses to real failures
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