People who are extremely sensitive to emotional events tend to protect themselves from threatening thoughts through
A)encoding failure.
B)repression.
C)proactive interference.
D)retroactive interference.

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Repression is a defense mechanism where individuals unconsciously push threatening or upsetting information out of conscious awareness, which aligns with the behavior of protecting oneself from threatening thoughts.

People Who Are Extremely Sensitive to Emotional Events Tend to Protect