According to Freud, the ego uses defense mechanisms in order to

A) reduce anxiety.
B) help the id get what it wants.
C) satisfy the superego's demands.
D) channel psychic energy into a socially productive action.

Defense Mechanisms

Subconscious tools used to safeguard against distress caused by unwanted or unacceptable emotions and ideas.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Freud

Austrian scientist Sigmund Freud pioneered the field of psychoanalysis, a therapeutic technique for healing psychological disorders through dialogue between patients and their psychoanalysts.