Mark is angry when the teacher blames him for misbehaving when it actually was the child behind him who had been acting up. As he leaves after school, he shoves another boy who gets in his way. Freud would say that Mark is unconsciously using the defense mechanism of ________

a. displacement.
b. repression.
c. projection.
d. denial.

Answer: a

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