3 - Jung and Analytic Psychology Flashcards
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Who is Jung?
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- Jung is the 2nd most influential figure in psychodynamics
- fundamental ideas became important in the humanist perspective
- primary source of personality is in the unconscious
- had an understanding of patterns of thinking
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What is the collective unconscious?
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- collective/shared nature of all humans
- all humans share life energy (libido) that can serve a number of different needs and motives (archetypes/instincts)
- instincts = built in reactions and ways of thinking
- when we project an archetype, it releases pleasure and uses energy
- Jung identified these archetypes by listening to stories and myths across cultures
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What is the personal unconscious?
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- contains things specific to our own lives (either non-existent at birth, or empty)
- contents are organized into complexes (collections of thematically-related material)
- complexes gather around archetypal energy
- we all have different complexes due to personal experiences
- complexes can be good or bad
- can detract from product use of libidio
- can drive creative endeavors
4
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What are the two elements that the personal unconscious contains?
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- thoughts that were once conscious, but were forgotten or repressed
- thoughts that never made it into consciousness (weak sensory experiences)
5
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What is the function of complexes?
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provide energy and guide conscious thinking
6
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What are vital archetypes?
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archetypes in which individual has a complex
7
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What is the ego? (according to Jung)
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- similar to Freud’s view
- conscious part of the mind
- guides individual through life in a rational way
- allows for projection of archetypes
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What is the persona?
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- archetype = instinct for social conformity; the desire to please others
- complex = the personality shown to others; the social self (often done deliberately)
- danger = important part of ourselves may remain hidden from others and ourselves (inflation)
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What is the anima?
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- archetype = a male’s image of femaleness; a male’s feminine instincts
- archetype is projected onto the interactions with women
- complex = all aspects of a male’s personality considered contrasexual (repressed)
- eg. Pretty Woman
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What is the function of the anima?
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- have to understand and go through the anima complex to discover new things
- organizes and serves as guide to personal unconscious
- doorway to creativity of unconscious mind
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What is the animus?
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- archetype = a female’s image of maleness; a female’s masculine instincts
- complex = all aspects of a female’s personality considered contrasexual (repressed/rejected)
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What is the function of the animus?
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- masculine traits
- guide to personal unconscious
- key to creativity of unconscious mind
- framework for interaction with men
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What is the shadow
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- archetype = a person’s most primitive and basic instincts; our dark animal side
- tendency to think of the shadow as evil, but just powerful and difficult to control
- complex = all aspects of personality seen as “other” and rejected
- by not recognizing shadow, increase risk it will burst forward without conscious thought
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What is the self?
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- most important of the vital archetypes
- archetype = instinct to seek unity, wholeness, integration
- projections = desirable goal, things that are positive, valued (eg. gems, royal figures, spherical objects)
- complex = the integration of all aspects/complexes of personality
- most do not have a self complex (only 5 - 10%)
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What are the processes of self actualization?
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Individuation
- becoming aware of and getting to know complexes
- starts with persona, then by discovering contrasexual side
Transcendent function
- once a complex has been individuated, the transcendent function works to integrate that complex into a single unified self
- when the self develops, it encompossases and replaces all other complexes
- complexes become unrecognizable
Two processes occur simultaneously
