Claudio was rejected from his preferred MBA program, but he later declares that he didn't care about getting an MBA anyway. This is an example of a(n)
A) autonomy face.
B) fellowship face.
C) defense mechanism.
D) image management scheme.
E) face need.

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Claudio's claim that he didn't really want to get an MBA is probably not true, since he wouldn't have gone through the trouble of applying to a program if he wasn't interested. His statement is a type of defense mechanism-a response that minimizes the effects of a face-threatening act.

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