Keeping unacceptable urges and desires in the unconscious is called:

1. Freud described several ways the mind keeps material out of awareness. 2. According to Freud, unacceptable urges and desires are kept in our unconscious. 3. That process is called repression. 4. Projection, regression and sublimation are separate defense mechanisms. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 11 'Personality', sections 11.1-11.9_