Question

One of the most basic or fundamental of the defense mechanisms involves simply pushing anxiety-provoking thoughts into the unconscious.

This mechanism is termed ________.

a) repression b) projection c) sublimation d) displacement

Answer 1

Answer: a) Repression

Step-by-step explanation:

Repression is defined as the mechanism of the unconscious mind in which defense mechanism is carried out through the help of ego to intimidate the thought and idea from getting in state of awareness.

These feeling and thoughts are held back in the unconscious mind .These thoughts can be related with aggression, anger , sexual desire etc.

Other options are incorrect because projection is forecasting of the thoughts. Sublimation is king of defense mechanism of mind with maturity.Displacement is transferring of negative thoughts from actual source to the source that has less terrifying.

Thus, the correct option is option(a).