Herbie did poorly on his psychology test. he tells his mom, "it's ok. it's not like test grades matter. and besides, the teacher didn't say it was important herbie is using which defense mechanism?

The answer is Ego Defense Mechanism.  Herbie did poorly on his psychology test. He tells his mom, "It's OK. It's not like test grades matter. And besides, the teacher didn't say it was important.  Herbie is using the Ego Defense Mechanism through Rationalization.

Defense mechanism is an area of psychology that would tell how one behaves or thinks.They are one way of how people would look in a different thought.The answer is Rationalization. It is by putting into a different light a behavior to a change in reality.

The answer is a i believe