The answer would be C. persuasive
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A vice-president has a very level of responsibility as well as workload. Often, the people at higher levels have to take risky decisions, and that too in a shorter time. They supervise a large portion of a company.
A human resource person may have a high workload but they don't have to supervise such a significant portion of the company, and they are not responsible for improvising the company, year after year, but a VP is.
Answer: Rationalization
Explanation:
Rationalization is defined as mechanism in which controversial behavior is justified through logical reasoning so that actual behavior can be avoided.Rational justification is made so that behavior can look correct and admirable by others.This is type of defense mechanism.
According to the question,Margaret is thinking rationally as she is justifying her low grade with logical reasoning of cheating done by her fellow classmates .She thinks she is actually good in chemistry as other subjects rather than considering that she actually needs improvement in the subject.
