Mrs.Smith,who is White and unconsciously in favor of racial segregation,tells her friends that most Blacks prefer to live in residential neighborhoods inhabited predominantly by Blacks.According to psychoanalytic theory,Mrs.Smith best illustrates
A) reaction formation.
B) projection.
C) displacement.
D) regression.

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Projection is a defense mechanism where an individual attributes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person. In this case, Mrs. Smith is projecting her own unconscious favoritism towards racial segregation onto Black individuals, suggesting they prefer to live segregated from other races, which aligns with her own biases rather than being an objective truth.

MrsSmith,who Is White and Unconsciously in Favor of Racial Segregation,tells