who is white and unconsciously in favor of racial segregation, tells her friends that most Blacks prefer to live in residential neighborhoods inhabited predominantly by Blacks. According to psychoanalytic theory, best illustrates which defense mechanism?

Projection

Explanation:

According to psychoanalytic theory, projection is a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others. For example, a bully may project their own feelings of vulnerability onto the target.

Answer: Projection.

Explanation:

This is the defense mechanism by which people disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others.