Self handicapping strategy refers to that when people expect that they will fail, they often set up some obstacles in advance to hinder their success as an excuse to explain their failure. This behavior is called self handicapping strategy.
According to the above definition, which of the followings uses self handicapping strategy:
Xiao Li's academic performance has always been the first in the class, but he is not sure about the coming final exam. He simply lied that he was ill in order to avoid the final exam