According to Freud,repression:
A)drives people to actively fulfil their unconscious desires.
B)removes unacceptable thoughts and desires from consciousness and keeps them in the unconscious.
C)allows people to experience unconscious desires and impulses without feeling ashamed.
D)creates new memories based on previous experiences.

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Repression is a defense mechanism that removes unacceptable thoughts and desires from consciousness and keeps them in the unconscious. It is a way of avoiding conscious awareness of things that are too difficult or painful to face. Freud believed that repression was a way of avoiding anxiety or guilt associated with thoughts, feelings or actions that society considers wrong or inappropriate.