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Klein suggested that, from very early infancy, children adopt several psychic defense mechanisms to protect their ego against the anxiety aroused by their own destructive phantasies. What are these psychic defense mechanisms, according to Klein, and how does the infant utilize each of them?

Klein suggested that, from very early infancy, children adopt several psychic defense mechanisms to protect their ego against the anxiety aroused by their own destructive phantasies. What are these psychic defense mechanisms, according to Klein, and how does the infant utilize each of them?

This is for a Personality Theories course.
Could you cite and reference the following book:
Theories of Personality
Jess Feist, Gregory J. Feist, and Tomi-Ann Roberts, 2018
Mc Graw-Hill Education
ISBN.13: 978-0-077-86192-6