Question

Although he stayed calm during the conversation, Mark was angry as he left Professor McArthur's office, because he felt he had been treated unfairly. A short while later, Mark snapped at a fellow student who asked if she could borrow his notes. Which ego defense mechanism best accounts for Mark's behavior toward the other student

Answer 1

The answer is displacement.

Step-by-step explanation:

The displacement mechanism is shown when a person directs strong emotions towards someone or something that didn't provoke the reaction in the first place. This is usually done to avoid negative consequences.

A classic example of displacement is when someone has a bad time with his/her boss at work, and then acts aggressively towards a member of his family.