John and Sarah both apply for the same promotion in their news organization. John gets the promotion and Sarah decides that the new job wasn't really that important to her. Sarah is exhibiting which of Freudian defense mechanism?a. reaction formation. b. projection. c. rationalization. d. denial.

A. reaction formation

Explanation:

what Sarah is exhibiting can be regarded as reaction formation. We can describe reaction formation as a psychological defense mechanism whereby the person goes past the stage where they are in denial and act in a way that is opposite how they truly feel. or how they think.

Sarah says this new job promotion was not really important to her but the truth is that the job was important to her, because if it was not important she would not have applied to her. Saying it was not important to her is just her way of trying to cope with the fact that she did not get the post.

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