Assertion:As per Aaron Beck, just as there is an unconscious, which is the repository of instincts there is a spiritual unconscious, which is the storehouse of love, aesthetic awareness, and values of life.

Reasoning: Neurotic anxieties arise when the problems of life are attached to the physical, psychological or spiritual aspects of one’s existence. 

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Assertion:As per Aaron Beck, just as there is an unconscious, which is the repository of instincts there is a spiritual unconscious, which is the storehouse of love, aesthetic awareness, and values of life. This is false. This concept is not associated with Aaron Beck, who is the founder of Cognitive Therapy. Beck focused on how negative automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, and beliefs lead to psychological issues like depression and anxiety. The idea of a "spiritual unconscious" storing values, love, and aesthetics is related to Viktor Frankl, the founder of Logotherapy.

Reasoning: Neurotic anxieties arise when the problems of life are attached to the physical, psychological or spiritual aspects of one’s existence. This is correct. This is consistent with existential and humanistic views of psychology (Frankl), where neurotic anxiety can result from unresolved conflicts in physical, psychological, or spiritual dimensions of life.

NCERT: Frankl emphasised the role of spiritual anxieties in leading to meaninglessness and hence it may be called an existential anxiety, i.e. neurotic anxiety of spiritual origin. Just as there is an unconscious, which is the repository of instincts  there is a spiritual unconscious, which is the storehouse of love, aesthetic awareness, and values of life. Neurotic anxieties arise when the problems of life are attached to the physical, psychological or spiritual aspects of one’s existence. Frankl emphasised the role of spiritual anxieties in leading to meaninglessness and hence it may be called an existential anxiety, i.e. neurotic anxiety of spiritual origin.