Question

what is the purpose of defense mechanisms? multiple choice question. to enable the superego to develop more effectively to allow the superego to mediate between the id and ego to prevent fixations in freud's stages of development to reduce anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

Answer 1

answer : to reduce anxiety by unconscious distorting reality

In psychoanalytic theory, a defence mechanism, is an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts and outer stressors.