Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Self and Personality

Question:

Anxiety provoking behaviours are totally dismissed by the unconscious, in which defense mechanism?

Options:

Repression

Regression

Projection

Reaction formation

Correct Answer:

Repression

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Repression

Repression: A defence mechanism by which people push unacceptable, anxiety-provoking thoughts and impulses into the unconscious to avoid confronting them directly.