__________ involves the banishment to the unconscious of unacceptable wishes, fantasies, urges, and impulses.

 The process you're referring to is called "repression." Repression is a defense mechanism identified by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. It involves the unconscious exclusion of painful or uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, urges, and memories from one's conscious awareness. According to Freudian theory, these repressed thoughts don't just disappear; they continue to influence our behavior without us being aware of them. For instance, a person who has repressed memories of a traumatic event might experience anxiety or phobias without understanding why.

The idea behind repression is that by pushing these unacceptable or threatening thoughts out of our conscious mind, we avoid the anxiety they would cause. However, the repressed material can still have a significant impact on our conscious life, often coming out in dreams, slips of the tongue (Freudian slips), or in symbolic form in behavior.