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______ is the term Freud used to describe unconscious strategies used to reduce anxiety.
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__________ __________ is the term Freud used to describe unconscious strategies used to reduce anxiety by distorting reality and concealing the source of the anxiety from themselves.
According to Freud, when anxiety slips into our conscious awareness, we often avoid it through the use of a. latency overcompensation b. the Oedipus complex c. regression to the oral stage d. defense mechanisms
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Freud's term for the strategies the ego uses to reduce anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality is known as ____________ . a. "rose-colored glasses" syndrome b. defense mannerisms c. ego-denial apparatus d. defense mechanisms
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