Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Self and Personality

Question:

Assertion: Self can be understood as a subject as well as an object.

Reasoning: As a subject (actor) the self gets observed and comes to be known. As an object (consequence) the self actively engages in the process of knowing itself.

Options:

Both the assertion and reasoning are true, and the reasoning is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Both the assertion and reasoning are true, but the reasoning is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

The assertion is true, but the reasoning is false.

The assertion is false, but the reasoning is true.

Correct Answer:

The assertion is true, but the reasoning is false.

Explanation:

The assertion is true, but the reasoning is false.

Self can be understood as a subject as well as an object. When you say, “I know who I am”, the self is being described as a ‘knower’ as well as something that can be ‘known’. As a subject (actor) the self actively engages in the process of knowing itself. As an object (consequence) the self gets observed and comes to be known.