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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 63

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Theoretical Paradigms: Structuralism, Marxism, feminism, existentialism, poststructuralism, modernism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonialism, posthumanism · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following apply/applies to the term ‘parapraxis’?

  1. It is used in connection with Marxist interpretation of literature.
  2. It refers to an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs because of the interference of an unconscious subdued wish.
  3. The term is generally associated with Jung.
  4. The original German word referring to the term is ‘Fehlleistung’.

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Correct answer: (B) It refers to an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs because of the interference of an unconscious subdued wish.; (D) The original German word referring to the term is ‘Fehlleistung’.

Explanation

Parapraxis is Freud's term for a slip (the “Freudian slip”), from the German Fehlleistung. It belongs to psychoanalysis and is not Marxist or Jungian.