carl jung

 past, present, and future.

Jung believed the human psyche is embedded in the

Psyche

Consists of conscious and unconscious elements, masculine and feminine traits

He believed that the most important part of the unconscious springs comes from the distant past of human existence.

conscious

 those that are sensed by the ego

The ego must be completed by the more comprehensive self. In a psychologically healthy person, the ego takes a secondary position to the

individualization 

It is a process in which the various parts of a person, including the conscious and unconscious, become completely integrated so that the individual becomes his or her "true self.

is the process by which individual beings are formed and differentiated [from other human beings]. In particular, it is the development of the psychological individual as being distinct from the general, collective psychology.

PERSONAL UNCONSCIOUS

It embraces all repressed, forgotten, or subliminally perceived experiences of one particular individual. It is formed by our individual experiences and is therefore unique to each of us.

complexes

Contents in the personal unconscious are called. An emotionally toned conglomeration (collection) of associated ideas.

• E.g. a person’s experience of Mother

Are largely personal but may also be derived from humanity’s collective experience.

collective unconscious

It comes from the ancestral past of the entire species.

Its physical contents are inherited and passed to other generations as psychic potentials. The is responsible for people’s many myths, legends, & religious beliefs.

ARCHETYPES

 is a psychic counterpart of an instinct. They are archaic images that derive from the collective unconscious. They are emotionally toned collections of associated images. However, they are different from complexes

persona

It is how we present ourselves to the world. represents all of the different social masks that we wear among different groups and situations. It acts to shield the ego from negative images.

the shadow

An archetype that consists of the sex and life instincts. It exists as part of the unconscious mind and is composed of repressed ideas, weaknesses, desires, instincts and shortcomings.

representing wildness, chaos and the unknown. People sometimes deny this element of their own psyche and instead project it onto others. Jung suggested that it  can appear in dreams or visions and may take a variety of forms.

The Anima / Animus

represents the "true self" rather than the image we present to others.

serves as the primary source of communication with the collective unconscious.

anima

a feminine image in the male psyche.

animus

 a male image in the female psyche

• syzygy or divine couple.

• The combination of the anima and animus is known as the….

• represents completion, unification and wholeness.

the mother

nurturing, comforting 

the wise old man

guidance, knowledge, wisdom

the hero

champion, leader, rescuer

the father

authority figure, stern, powerful

the child

longing of innocence, rebirth, salvation

the maiden

innocence, desire, purity

the trickster

deceiver, liar, trouble maker

the self

An archetype that represents the unification of the unconsciousness and consciousness of an individual.

represented as a circle, square or mandala

The Mandala

• It represents the strivings of the collective unconscious for balance, unity, and wholeness.

• It represents the synthesis or union of opposites within the psyche that occurs when the individual attains self-realization.

casuality

behavior is influenced by childhood experiences

telecology

present events are motivated by goals aspirations for the future

progression

• Adaptation to the outside world involves forward flow of psychic energy

regression 

• Adaptation to the inside world involves backward flow of psychic energy

introversion

• Inward, towards the subjective world of the individual

• is someone who tends to be quiet, imaginative, and more interested in ideas than in other people

extravertion

• Outward, towards the external environment.

• tends to be sociable, outgoing, and interested in people

sensing

• Detects the presence of things

• Indicates that something is there but does not indicate what it is

thinking

• Tells what a thing is

• Gives names to things that are sensed

feeling

• Tells whether a thing is acceptable or unacceptable

• Determines what a thing is worth to the individual; pertains to liking or disliking

intuiting

Hunches about past or future events when factual information is not available

thinking extrovert

• Lives according to fixed values; objective & cold; dogmatic in one's thinking; represses feelings

• Research scientists, accountants, mathematicians

feeling extrovert 

• Very emotional & respectful of authority & tradition, seeks harmony with the world; represses thinking.

• Real estate appraisers, objective movie critics

sensing extovert

• Pleasure-seeking, jolly, and socially adaptive; constantly seeks new sensory experiences, very realistic, represses intuition

• Wine tasters, proofreaders, popular musicians, house painters

intuting extrovert

• Uses hunches to guide decisions; very changeable and creative; have trouble staying with one idea; represses sensations

• Some inventors, religious reformers

thinking introvert 

• intense desire for privacy; socially inhibited; very intellectual & ignores the practicality of everyday living; represses feelings

• Philosophers, theoretical scientists, some inventorsi

feeling introvert

• Quiet, thoughtful, and hypersensitive; childish, enigmatic, & ; very little expression of emotion; represses thinking

• Subjective movie critics, art appraisers

sensing introvert

• Life guided by just what happens; artistic, passive, & calm; detached from human affairs; represses intuition

• Artists, classical musicians

intuiting introvert 

• Odd, eccentric, daydreamer; seldom understood by others; life is guided by inner experiences

• Prophets, mystics, religious fanatics

word association

• Purpose: to uncover feeling-toned complexes

• Involves responding to a number of stimuli with the first word that came to mind

dream analysis

• Purpose: to uncover elements from the personal and collective unconscious 

• Dreams are the individual’s unconscious & spontaneous attempt to comprehend a reality that can only be expressed symbolically.

• Dreams are categorized into big dreams, typical dreams, & earliest dreams remembered

active imagination

• Purpose: to reveal archetypal images emerging from the unconscious

• Method where the person begins with an impression and to concentrate on it until it begins to move.

• The individual must then follow these images to wherever they lead and courageously face the images & communicate with them