General Studies · Psychoanalysis and Anxiety
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Ego defense mechanisms help to protect the person from overwhelming anxiety. Reason (R): Major psychodynamic functions of anxiety are to help the individual accept conscious recognition of instinctual impulses and to allow impulse qualification only indirectly. In light of the above statements, choose the correct option:
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- 1Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- 2Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
- 3A is true, but R is false✓
- 4A is false, but R is true
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A is true, but R is false
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