Repression refers to the defense mechanism by which people
A) offer self-justifying explanations in place of the real but threatening unconscious reasons for action.
B) retreat to behavior patterns characteristic of an earlier stage of development.
C) disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
D) banish anxiety-arousing thoughts from consciousness.
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