Which one of the following statements about psychodynamic defence mechanisms is false?
Denial involves refusing to acknowledge some painful aspect of reality.
Displacement involves redirecting an impulse from an original threat to a safer substitute target.
Repression is the conscious, deliberate forcing of distressing thoughts out of awareness.
Projection involves attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings onto someone else.
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