What is rationalization and give its examples also?

1.	What is rationalization and give its examples also?
Answer» Rationalization is an attempt to logically justify immoral, deviant, or generally unacceptable behavior. In Freud\'s classic psychoanalytic theory, rationalization is a defense mechanism, an unconscious attempt to avoid addressing the underlying reasons for a behavior.Most of us engage in rationalization on a semi-regular basis. A person might account for a bad mood or general rude behavior by explaining that bad traffic affected the morning commute, for example. Someone who is passed over for a promotion might rationalize the disappointment by claiming to not have wanted so much responsibility after all.

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