Defense mechanisms ________
A) make a person feel more anxious and have more problems, because they begin to act defensively.
B) are strategies the id uses to try to achieve what it desires.
C) are conscious, intentional attempts to cope in an effective way with an anxiety producing event.
D) help a person feel less anxious, but because they usually work by distorting reality, they are not always adaptive.

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Defense mechanisms can help a person feel less anxious, but because they usually involve distorting reality, they are not always adaptive. Option A is incorrect because defense mechanisms are used to cope with anxiety, not increase it. Option B is incorrect because defense mechanisms are used by the ego, not the id. Option C is incorrect because defense mechanisms are often unconsciously employed, not conscious and intentional.

Defense Mechanisms ________