Human Personality Lecture 3 – Carl Jung: Analytic Psychology

Vocabulary flashcards covering Jung’s analytic psychology, psychic energy principles, attitudes, functions, unconscious structures, archetypes, developmental concepts, assessment methods, research findings, and evaluation of his theory.

Analytic Psychology

Jung’s theory of personality that emphasizes psychic energy, the collective unconscious, and archetypes in contrast to Freud’s focus on sexuality.

Libido (Jung)

A broad, generalized form of psychic energy that fuels all mental processes—not limited to sexual drives.

Psyche

Jung’s term for the total personality, comprising conscious and unconscious elements.

Opposition Principle

The idea that conflict between opposing forces (e.g., introversion–extraversion) generates psychic energy.

Equivalence Principle

Psychic energy is continuously redistributed; energy spent in one area re-emerges elsewhere in the psyche.

Entropy Principle

A tendency for psychic energy to seek balance or equilibrium among all personality components.

Ego (Jung)

The conscious aspect of the psyche that selects what enters awareness.

Extraversion

An attitude characterized by orientation toward the external world and other people.

Introversion

An attitude characterized by orientation toward one’s inner thoughts and feelings.

Psychological Functions

The four ways of perceiving the world: sensing, intuition (non-rational) and thinking, feeling (rational).

Non-rational Functions

Sensing and intuition—modes that gather information without evaluating it logically.

Rational Functions

Thinking and feeling—modes that involve judgment and evaluation of information.

Psychological Types

Combinations of the two attitudes (introversion/extraversion) with the four functions, yielding eight basic personality types.

Personal Unconscious

A reservoir for material once conscious but now forgotten or repressed; similar to Freud’s preconscious.

Complex

A pattern of memories, emotions, and wishes in the personal unconscious organized around a common theme.

Collective Unconscious

The deepest level of the psyche containing inherited experiences of the human species.

Archetype

Universal image or theme in the collective unconscious that influences thought and behavior.

Persona Archetype

The mask or public role one presents to others.

Shadow Archetype

The repository of primitive, animalistic instincts and unacceptable impulses.

Self Archetype

Symbolizes unity, integration, and harmony of the total personality.

Animus Archetype

The masculine aspect within the female psyche.

Anima Archetype

The feminine aspect within the male psyche.

Individuation

The lifelong process of integrating conscious and unconscious facets to achieve self-realization.

Word-Association Test

A projective technique in which responses to stimulus words reveal complexes.

Symptom Analysis

Therapeutic method involving verbal reports of symptoms and interpretation of associated thoughts.

Dream Analysis

Interpretation of dreams to uncover unconscious content; dreams are viewed as prospective and compensatory.

Amplification (Jung)

Expanding dream symbols with cultural, mythological, and personal associations to clarify meaning.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

A self-report inventory based on Jung’s attitudes and functions, widely used in career and personnel settings.

Life-History Reconstruction

Research method reviewing past experiences to understand present neuroses; criticized for subjectivity.

Midlife Crisis (Female)

A period of reassessment in middle adulthood; easier for women with independent careers, harder for homosexual women; black women report higher self-satisfaction.

Jung’s View of Human Nature

Includes both determinism and free will, a mixed stance on nature vs. nurture, focus on past and present, optimism, and lifelong growth.

Contributions of Jung

Introduced word association, emphasized future orientation, inspired the Rorschach test, and highlighted the midlife crisis concept.

Criticisms of Jung

His writings are complex and unsystematic, concepts are hard to test, and he embraced occult and supernatural ideas.