Darin had an automobile accident in which his brother and another passenger were killed. even though darin was driving, he survived the accident with only a few bruises. however, he is unable to recall any of the details related to this accident. in the context of freud's defense mechanisms, darin's inability to recall the accident best illustrates

In the context of Freud's defense mechanisms, Darin's inability to recall the accident best illustrates "repression".

Repression is a psychological defense mechanism that happens when a man reliably pushes away an especially excruciating or irritating idea, memory or want trying to keep his or her psyche in an increasingly pleasurable, less on edge state. The wonder was first found and speculated by the renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.  

The theory holds that in spite of the fact that these excruciating musings are out of the cognizant personality, they definitely stay in the oblivious personality and regularly lead to psychological issues.

as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.

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