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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 50

Personality · Theories of Personality: Psychoanalytic, behaviourist, social, cognitive, humanism, trait and type theories · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match the following:

Column IColumn II
PAnimaiA universal idea, image, or pattern, found in the collective unconscious.
QAnimusiiAn unconscious image representing unity, wholesome, completion, and balance.
RSelf-ArchetypeiiiAn archetype representing the female principles.
SArchetypeivAn archetype representing the male principles
  1. P: ii, Q: i, R: iv, S: iii
  2. P: iv, Q: ii, R: iii, S: i
  3. P: iii, Q: iv, R: ii, S: i
  4. P: i, Q: iii, R: ii, S: iv

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Correct answer: (C) P: iii, Q: iv, R: ii, S: i

Explanation

In Jung's theory the anima is the feminine archetype in a man (iii) and the animus is the masculine archetype in a woman (iv). The self archetype stands for unity, completeness and balance (ii). An archetype in general is a universal idea or pattern in the collective unconscious (i).