Question

Gabrielle's partner stumbles in at 5

a.m. again after a night of drinking with friends, and spends the rest of the day in bed. gabrielle tells her family that her partner can't make it for dinner that night because he is worn out from a rough week at work. gabrielle's behavior is best described as

Answer 1

The behavior that Gabrielle is showing is rationalization, it is a way of showing or making excuses in means of covering the truth or preventing the truth to be revealed in a way of having telling or explaining something logical or rational to the people involved.