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GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 37

Personality · Theories of Personality: Psychoanalytic, behaviourist, social, cognitive, humanism, trait and type theories · 1 mark · Multiple choice

A cricket player who could not play an easy ball and gets out without scoring any run and blames the pitch, is an expression of __________________.

  1. Sublimation
  2. Regression
  3. Projection
  4. Rationalization

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Correct answer: (D) Rationalization

Explanation

Giving a plausible excuse (the pitch) to cover for one's own failure is rationalisation.