A refusal to believe direct and highly credible evidence that your spouse is suffering from a terminal illness best illustrates that you are using

A) denial.
B) displacement.
C) fixation.
D) projection.

Denial

A defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality.

Displacement

In psychology, displacement is a defense mechanism where a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a safer, substitute target.

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and motives to another person.