Question

Olivia, a sophomore, wants to participate in a soccer tournament. She possesses the physical stamina required for the game. Because her peers consider it a masculine game, she represses her masculine qualities and traits to fit in with her peers. In the context of Carl Jung's psychoanalytic perspective of personality, Olivia represses her ________.

Answer 1

In the context of Carl Jung's psychoanalytic perspective of personality, Olivia represses her Animus.

Explanation:

Carl Jung's psychoanalytical theory describes anima and animus as a part of unconsciousness collectively. He describes the animus as an unconscious masculine part in a woman, and the anima as an unconscious feminine part in a man.

Although, jung never believed that they could be an aggregate of their father or mother, brother or sisters, or uncle aunts, but he said that these features run through the personal unconsciousness of a human being and can influence a person's anima or animus. In this example,  Olivia possessing masculine qualities while playing a game is an example of unconscious animus that is repressed in her.