In the context of Carl Jung's personality theory, which of the following statements is true about the collective unconscious level of the psyche?

A. The contents of the collective unconscious are widely different for people in different cultures.
B. In contrast to the personal unconscious, which has roots in the ancestral past of the entire species, the collective unconscious results from individual experiences.
C. The collective unconscious represents Carl Jung's least controversial, and perhaps his least distinctive, concept.
D. The collective unconscious refers to humans' innate tendency to react in a particular way whenever their experiences stimulate a biologically inherited response tendency.


Answer: D

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