Within the context of psychological defenses, how are the uses of denial and repression similar in the ways in which they help individuals?
a) Both denial and repression refuse the acknowledgment of reality to avoid anxiety.
b) Both denial and repression cause the individual to retreat to an earlier, more simplistic level of development to avoid anxiety.
C) Both denial and repression employ the unconscious to avoid feelings of anxiety.
d) Both denial and repression cause a failure of the actual perception of the anxiety the individual is facing.