Freud suggested that defense mechanisms protect an individual from

A) anxiety.
B) an inferiority complex.
C) the collective unconscious.
D) erogenous zones.

Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious psychological strategies employed to protect oneself from anxiety and to manage emotional conflict and internal or external stressors.

Anxiety

A mood of unease or nervousness, often due to something happening soon or because the consequence is unknown.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, recognized for his theories on the unconscious mind and the development of psychoanalytic therapy.