Rudy has unconscious urges to take things that are not his. He has never actually stolen anything, however. He works as a security guard at the mall and is very good at his job because he is very suspicious of others; he sees evidence of thieves all around him. In fact, almost every time he sees an unfamiliar face, he believed the individual to be dishonest and looking for something to snatch. Rudy's ego-defense mechanism is:

Rudy's ego-defense mechanism is projection.

Explanation:

In the field of psychology, a projection can be described as a mechanism of defence in which the ego of an individual tends to defend itself against unconscious impulses or qualities by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.

The same mechanism of projection was being used bu Rudy when his ego caused him to suspect every other person while he had the same unconscious thoughts.

which of the following is a subsurface event that takes place during the rock cycle?