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How is repression best described?

Correct answer C. The primary defence mechanism

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Freud regarded repression, pushing threatening thoughts and memories out of conscious awareness, as the basic defence mechanism on which the other defences depend.

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On what does the sense of taste depend?

Correct answer A. On one’s taste buds and the smell, temperature and texture of food

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