The correct answer is denial.
Denial is a defense mechanism in which an individual refuses to accept or believe something, because doing so would cause them great distress and emotional disturbance. In this instance, Mahmoud does not want to accept that his father has cancer due to which he denies the diagnosis and says that there has been a mistake in his father's diagnostic tests.
It allows citizens to influence policy, local values, and local government priorities
Answer: From Piaget's theory of cognitive development, The concept of Object Permanence.
Explanation:Object Permanence, for the baby means that he is starting to understand that things can disappear although they aren't gone forever.
Since Jonathan's mom left him he began to cry because he did not want her to leave although he knows she won't be gone forever.
Answer:
a republican
Explanation:
this is what they always say.