One of the impoant defence mechanism is: (A) Alienation, (B) Confabulation, (C) Repression, (D) Suppression
Answer is C. Repression is a primary defence mechanism and is defined as unconsciously excluding from conscious awareness of anxiety-provoking ideas and /or feelings. eg in normal life: forgetting and slips of the tongue (Ref: a sho textbook of psychiatry, Niraj Ahuja,7th edition, pg no 207)