You're feeling guilty after your third bowl of ice cream. You tell yourself it's all right because yesterday you skipped lunch. This is an example of

A) conceptualization.       
B) rationalization.
C) displacement.
D) identification.

Rationalization is the act of making excuses or justifications for one's actions or behaviors. In this scenario, the individual is justifying their overindulgence in ice cream by telling themselves that they skipped a meal the previous day. This is an example of rationalization.