PSY 323 - Chapter 3: Life of Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Did Carl Jung disagreed with freud on the nature of instincts, the role of sexuality and the purpose of the unconscious? True or False

True

Carl Jung was introduced at an…

early age to religion and the classics.

Carl Jung viewed his father as…

kind, weak, and powerless.

Carl Jung viewed his mother as…

powerful and emotionally unstable.

Carl Jung viewed himself as…

introverted, lonely, and isolated.

Whenever Carl Jung faced a problem he would look for a solution through…

his dreams and visions.

Carl’s Theory focused on…

the inner growth of the individual, rather than on relationships with other people.

What does carl jung do for a living?

he studied medicine and specialized in psychiatry, and then became a disciple of Freud.

Carl Jung considered Freud as…

his father figure, because he admires him and that he would guide him in his work.

What was Jung’s life was like?

he has an active sex life (contrary to Freud), and sex played a minimal role in his theories.

Jung remained…

productive in research and writing for-most of his 86 years.

Did Jung (agree or disagree) with Freud on the nature of libido?

Disagree

Libido (Carl Jung’s Definition)

its not a sexual energy, but a broad and generalized form of psychic energy.

What is Carl Jung’s term for personality?

Psyche

Opposition Principle

conflict between opposing processes required to concentrate psychic energy.

all psychic energy arises from a conflict of opposing forces, such as good versus evil or introversion versus Extraversion.

Equivalence Principle

continues red instruction of energy, expanded or weakened energy is transferred elsewhere in the personality.

this means that psychic from a repressed or weakens psychological state does not disappear but is shifted to a new one.

EX: if interest in one activity wanes, that energy is redirected toward a new pursuit.

Entropy Principle

tendency toward balance or equilibrium; reducing the tension between opposing forces. When this state of balance is reached, equal is equalized, much like heat dispersing from a hot object until it reaches the same temperature as its surroundings.

The Ego (Carl Jung’s Definition)

the conscious of the psyche, its selective about what is admitted to awareness.

Extraversion

a type of attitude that is oriented toward other people the external world, open, sociable, and socially assertive.

Introversion

a type of attitude that is self-oriented that withdrawn and often shy, and tend to focus on themselves.

Psychological Functions

is a way of perceiving a persons external and internal worlds.

Non-rational Functions are…

sensing and intuition.

Rational Functions are…

thinking and feeling.

We have the capacity for all four psychological functions, However..,

only ONE pair of functions is dominant.

Extroverted Thinking

logical, objective and dogmatic.

Extroverted Feeling

emotional, sensitive and sociable.

Extroverted Sensing

outgoing, pleasure seeking, adaptable.

Extroverted Intuiting

creative, motivate others, seize opportunities.

Introverted Thinking

more interested in ideas than in people.

Introverted Feeling

reserved, undemonstrative, deep emotion.

Introverted Sensing

outwardly detached, aesthetic, pursuit.

Introverted Intuiting

concerned with the unconscious more than everyday reality.

(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) MBTI

a personality assessment tool developed in the 1920s by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, this was based on psychologist Carl Jung’s Theory psychological types.

This was inspired by personality differences between her daughter and her daughter’s future spouse.

The MBTI is considered…

the most visible practical outgrowth of Jung’s work.

Personal Unconscious

reservoir for material that was once conscious, similar to Freud’s preconscious.

Complexes

pattern of emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious. Organized around a common theme, and may be conscious or unconscious.

Collective Unconscious

is the deepest level of the psyche, it contains the accumulation of inherited experiences of human and prehuman species.

Archetypes

images of universal experiences in the collective unconscious.

the persona, the anima and animus= masc/fem aspects, the shadow=the dark side, the self=total personality

Jung believed in developmental stages that…

personality is determined by what we hope to be as well as by what we have been in the past.

Childhood

part of developmental stage where the ego begins to develop in early childhood, at first in a primitive way because the child has not yet formed an ego. Little more than a reflection of the personalities of their parents.

Young Adulthood

part of developmental stages that it’s the beginning of puberty, the psych assumes a definite form and our focus during these years is external. (Education, Career, and Family)

Middle Age

part of developmental stages that is a time of crisis, a nature time of transition after life goals have been met. Interests shift from physical and material to the spiritual physiological and intuitive.

Individuation

becoming a full individual, fulfilling one’s capabilities, and developing one’s self to…

• Confront the unconscious

• Dethrone the persona

• Accept our Dark sides

• Accept our Anima and Animus

• Transcend