Carl Jung Theory

Analytical Psychology

which rests on the assumption that occult phenomena can and do influence the lives of everyone

Collective Unconscious

includes those elements that we have never experienced individually but which have come down to us from our ancestors

Conscious

These are the images that are sensed by the ego

Ego

as the center of consciousness.

It plays a relatively minor role in analytical

psychology

Personal Unconscious (Individual)

embraces all repressed, forgotten, or subliminally perceived experiences of one individual, it contains complex and easily recalled

Collective Unconscious

Shared; are

inherited and pass from one generation to the next as psychic potential.

Responsible for people’s many myths, legends, and

religious beliefs.

It also produces

“big dreams,” that is, dreams with meaning beyond the individual dreamer and that are filled with significance for people of every time and place.

Archetype

This are ancient or archaic images that derive from the

collective unconscious.

Persona

side of personality that people show to the world.

Shadow

darkness and repression

Anima

feminine side of men

Animus

masculine side of women

Great mother

represents two opposing forces—fertility and nourishment on the one hand and power and destruction on the other

Wise Old Man

Archetype of wisdom and meaning

Hero

represented in mythology and legends as a powerful person, sometimes part god, who fights against great odds to conquer or vanquish evil in the form of dragons, monsters, serpents, or demons

Self

the most comprehensive of all archetypes. other archetypes and unites them in the process of self-realization. its ultimate symbol is themandala

Causality

holds that present events have their origin in previous experiences.

Teleology

holds that present events are motivated by goals and aspirations for the future

Progression

the outward flow of psychic energy

Regression

the backward flow of psychic energy

Progression and Refression

Both progression and regression are essential if

people are to achieve individual growth or self-realization

Attitudes

the predisposition to act or react in a characteristic direction

Introversion

is the turning inward of psychic energy with an orientation toward the subjective

Extraversion

is the attitude distinguished by the turning outward of psychic energy. Objective.

Functions

Jung believed that these four elements combine to form the way that we interpret the world and make decisions

Sensing

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

Intuiting

involves perception beyond the workings of consciousness.

Thinking

logical intellectual activity that produces a chain of ideas

Feeling

the process of evaluating an idea or an event.

Childhood

last from birth until adolescence

Youth

period from puberty to middle life, “extroverted”.

Middle life

35 to 40 till old age, “introverted”

old age

time for psychological rebirth and preparation for death

Self Realization

psychological rebirth, integration of various parts of the psyche into whole.