When Alonzo became the target of bullying at school, he first felt angry, then betrayed when he realized a childhood friend was one of the bullies. Instead of fighting back, he acted as if nothing was wrong. This is an example of:

Suppression

Explanation:

Suppression: In psychology, the term suppression is determined as an individual's act of stopping himself or herself from feeling or thinking about something. However, suppression is being considered as ineffective because even if an individual tend to hold back or suppress his or her emotions, for example, guilt or anger, that feelings or emotions is said to get back or return within a period of time.

In the question above, the correct answer is suppression.

because he was a christian?

this null effect is caused by a weak manipulation and ineffective internal validity. in a scientific study, as the one dr. morimoto is trying to perfom, internal validity refers to the confidence placed in the cause-effect relationship and to how well an experiment is done and able to eliminate confounding variables.