ADJUSMENT BY

RATIONALIZATION
ADJUSMENT BY
RATIONALIZATION
• This is an attempt of the person to justify his action
rightly.
 Examples of Adjustment by
Rationalization
• Projection- this is
a situation when
the action or effort
is a failure and
there is the
tendency to project
the cause of failure
to some causes or
blame someone
other that the
person concerned
 Examples of Adjustment by
Rationalization
• Nomadism- this
is getting away from
a frustrating
situation by
continuously
changing residence,
job or even life
partners
 Examples of Adjustment by
Rationalization
• Phobia-this is an
excessive or
irrational fear which
maybe traced to
childhood.
 Common Examples:
• HEMATOPHOBIA
• Achluophobia
• Acrophobia
• Claustrophobia • Demophobia
• Arachnophobia • Trypophobia
 Examples of Adjustment by
Rationalization
• Sour grape
mechanism- this is a
situation when a person
who fails in
accomplishing
something he really
desire would try to save
his pride by despising
the desirability of the
outcome of what
previously aspire for.
 Examples of adjustment by
rationalization
• Sweet lemon
mechanism- this is a
mechanism wherein
the person contends
that whatever the
situation he is in, is
really what he
intended to be
because it for the best.