Module 3.2: Carl Jung

analytical psychology

Jung's theory focusing on the balance of opposing forces within one's personality and the significance of the collective unconscious

conscious, personal unconscious, collective unconscious

levels of the psyche according to jung

conscious (jung)

Images are those that are sensed by the ego (jung)

ego

Jung saw this as the center of consciousness, but not the core of personality

personal unconscious

It contains repressed infantile memories and impulses, forgotten events, and experiences originally perceived below the threshold of our consciousness (jung)

collective unconsciousness

Carl Jung's concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history

archetypes

they are ancient or archaic images that derive from the collective unconscious. They are similar to complexes in that they are emotionally toned collections of associated images.

persona, shadow, anima, animus, wise old man, great mother, hero, self

archetypes according to jung

persona (jung)

Archetype: aspect of personality we present to world; adaptive to social interaction

shadow (jung)

The archetype of darkness and repression, represent those qualities we do not wish to acknowledge but attempt to hide from ourselves and others.

anima (jung)

The archetype representing the female element of a man

animus (jung)

masculine archetype; help us understand masculine behaviors in females

great mother (jung)

An archetype described by Jung that symbolizes a person or thing that provides nurture without wanting anything in return.

power and destruction

fertility and nourishment

two opposing forces of the archetype great mother

wise old man

archetype of wisdom and meaning, symbolizes humans' preexisting knowledge of the mysteries of life

hero (jung)

the unconscious image of a person who conquers an evil foe but who also has a tragic flaw

self (jung)

It is the archetype of archetypes because it pulls together the other archetypes and unites them in the process self-realization

collective unconscious

self possesses the three levels of the psyche but is mostly formed by what?

Causality and Teleology

Progression and Regression

Dynamics of Personality of Analytical Psychology

Causality and Teleology

Humans are motivated both by their past experiences and by their expectations of the future

progression and regression

Backward step is essential to a person's forward movement toward self-realization.

psychological types

To Jung, eight personality types based on interactions of the attitudes (introversion and extraversion) and the functions (thinking, feeling, sensing, and intuiting).

attitudes (jung)

predisposition to act in a characteristic direction

introversion and extraversion

two basic attitudes (jung)

introversion (jung)

A term used by Carl Jung to describe the directing of psychic energy toward things in the internal world (subjective)

extraversion (jung)

An attitude or type marked by the turning outward of psychic energy so that a person is oriented toward the objective world.

psychic energy

a dynamic force that drives mental processses

sensing, thinking, feeling, intuition

4 functions according to jung

sensing (jung)

the function that receives physical stimuli and transmits them to perceptual consciousness

tells people that something exists

thinking (jung)

·Logical intellectual activity that produces a chain of ideas

it enables them to recognize its meaning

feeling (jung)

It is the process of evaluating an idea or event, which can either be extraverted or introverted.

A rational function tells us the value or worth of something.

intuition (jung)

An irrational function that involves perception of elementary data that are beyond our awareness.

it allows them to know about it without knowing how they know

intuition and sensing

they provide the raw material for thinking and feeling as they are based on the perceptions of absolute elementary facts

introverted thinking type

Personality type: Influenced by ideas, independent, often fearful of intimacy

Philosophers, theoretical scientists, some inventors

extraverted thinking type

personality type: principled, idealistic, objective, rational

Research scientists, accountants, mathematicians

introverted feeling

sympathetic, pleases others, may be dependent, reserved

Subjective movie critics, art appraisers

extraverted feeling

adaptive, relating well to the external

Real estate appraisers, objective movie critics

introverted sensation

calm and passive, restrained, controlled and controlling

Artists, classical musicians

extraverted sensation

realistic, concrete, pleasant, and friendly

Wine tasters, proofreaders, popular musicians, house painters

introverted intuition

mystical, dreamer, and artist, can be obsessive

Prophets, mystics, religious fanatics

extraverted intuition

enterprising, outgoing, can be irresponsible

Some inventors, religious reformers

childhood, youth, middle life, and old age

Jung grouped the stages of life into four general periods

Anarchic Phase

Monarchic Phase

Dualistic Phase

three substages of childhood according to jung

anarchic phase

characterized by a chaotic and sporadic consciousness.

monarchic phase

characterized by the development of the ego and by the beginning of logical and verbal thinking

dualistic phase

the ego is divided into the objective and subjective

youth (jung)

puberty to middle life, independence, find a partner, make a family, make a place in the world. big problem is holding on too much to childhood

anxiety created through refusal to grow up

middle life (jung)

40s-old age, lost of zest in life, turn to spirituality, integrated both conscious and unconscious

this decline them with increasing anxieties, middle life is also a period of tremendous potential.

old age (jung)

Diminution of consciousness

Death is the goal of life

self-realization

Process of becoming an individual or whole person

"coming to selfhood"

a person has all psychological components functioning in unity, with no psychic process atrophying

Psyche

totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious

psychic energy (Jung)

libido (spiritual) and other motivating forces that drives mental processes

Psychic Potential

Inherent capabilities passed through generations.