CSS 2005 Solved Precis

• Psychoses (noun): Severe mental disorders in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality
  • Contextual Explanation: The passage discusses psychoses (severe mental illness) and neuroses as representing an imbalance in life's polarities.
• Neuroses (noun): Relatively mild mental disorders that involve distress but not delusions or hallucinations, characterized by anxiety or phobia
  • Contextual Explanation: Neuroses (milder mental illness) are presented alongside psychoses as examples of the ego becoming one-sided.
• Recesses (noun): Remote, secret, or hidden places
  • Contextual Explanation: In psychoses, the ego collapses back into the inner recesses of the unconscious, referring to the deepest, most hidden parts of the mind.
• Sublimate (verb): To divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
  • Contextual Explanation: If a man is unable to sublimate himself toward another goal, he cannot channel his energies toward an acceptable alternative.
• Regresses (verb): To return to a former or less developed state
  • Contextual Explanation: A person who is frustrated tends to regress into less mature or acceptable goal structures.
• Inoperative (adjective): Not working or not able to be used
  • Contextual Explanation: The superior role of one function can render the other three inoperative, meaning unable to function.
• Contemporaries (noun): People living at the same time as another
  • Contextual Explanation: Neurosis is interpreted by contemporaries in the culture, referring to people of the same time period and society.

The passage discusses the psychological nature and cause of emotional disorders, such as psychoses and neuroses, in man. It explains why these disorders occur, emphasizing that they arise from a person's inability to maintain inner balance between opposing forces in his psyche. The passage further describes how the severity varies, and concludes that the true cure lies in inner reintegration rather than social conformity. Moreover, the passage aims to educate readers on the psychological dynamics of a man's mental disorders.

Main Idea of the Passage

• Psychoses and neuroses result from man’s inability to maintain his inner balance, causing alienation from his true self, which can only be remedied through his reintegration of the personality rather than social adjustment.

Supporting Ideas Helping the Main Idea

• Psychoses and neuroses occur when man fails to maintain a balanced polarity in his psyche.
• His ego becomes one-sided, disrupting harmony between his conscious and unconscious forces.
• In psychosis, his ego collapse is total; in neurosis, one of his mental functions dominates.
• Repression of his life goals leads him to regress into unacceptable desires.
• Emotional disorder signifies man’s alienation from his true self, not social deviation.
• The cure requires his inner rebalancing and reintegration of his personality, not mere social adaptation.

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• What a precis is and its purpose.
• What the main idea means and how to extract it effectively.
• What supporting ideas are and how to identify them.
• How to coordinate the main and supporting ideas while writing a concise, coherent precis.

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Precis 1

Psychoses and neuroses arise when man fails to preserve a balanced polarity in his psyche. Undoubtedly, when his ego becomes one-sided, he loses harmony between his conscious and unconscious forces. Particularly, in severe psychosis, his ego collapses entirely while in milder neurosis, one of his mental functions dominates, producing imbalance. Moreover, his repression of goals leads him to regression and alienation from his true self rather than society. Therefore, emotional disorder reflects his inner disharmony, not social deviation. Hence, the remedy lies not in his conforming to external norms, but in his restoring inner balance and reintegrating the personality to achieve wholeness.

• Original Words in the Passage: 324
• Precis Word Count: 102
• Title: The Alienation of Man’s Psyche

Precis 2

Psychoses and neuroses arise when man fails to maintain balance between his conscious and unconscious life. As a result, when the ego becomes one-sided, inner harmony is disrupted, leading to total collapse in psychosis or the dominance of a single mental function in neurosis. Furthermore, such an imbalance and repression alienate him from his true self rather than society. So, emotional disorder signifies inner disharmony, not social deviation. Therefore, genuine healing depends on the reintegration of the man's personality and his restoration of inner equilibrium rather than mere adaptation to external norms.

• Original Words in the Passage: 324
• Precis Word Count: 92
• Title: Man’s Inner Imbalance and the Roots of Disorder

Precis 3

Psychoses and neuroses arise when man fails to maintain balance within his psyche. Consequently, his ego becomes lopsided, resulting in either total collapse or the dominance of a single mental faculty. As a result, this disruption alienates him from his true self rather than society. Therefore, emotional disorder reflects his internal imbalance, not cultural deviation. Hence, the cure lies in restoring man's mental harmony and reintegrating personality, not simply conforming to external norms.

• Original Words in the Passage: 324
• Precis Word Count: 73
• Title: Man’s Alienation from His Real Self

Precis 4

Man’s failure to balance his psyche causes psychoses and neuroses. As a consequence, his ego becomes one-sided, leading to the collapse or dominance of one of his mental functions. Therefore, emotional disorder reflects his inner alienation, not social deviation. Ultimately, the true therapy lies in restoring his inner harmony and reintegrating the personality.

• Original Words in the Passage: 324
• Precis Word Count: 53
• Title: The Balance of the Self