Janus Is 52 Years Old and He Has Recently Started

question 108

Multiple Choice

Janus is 52 years old and he has recently started behaving in ways that earlier in life he would have considered feminine. According to Jung, Janus is

• A) achieving a better balance in his personality.
• B) creating a new part of himself that did not exist when he was younger.
• C) struggling with a mid-life crisis.
• D) displaying a dysfunctional sense of gender-role stereotypes.

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Definitions:

Ego-Ideal

Part of the psychoanalytic theory, representing an individual's personal standard of what is morally and ethically right or wrong.

Personality

The amalgamation of qualities that shapes a person's distinctive individuality.

Rationalization

A defense mechanism where controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical way to avoid the true explanation.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety and confrontations with unpleasant aspects of reality.