4. Jung (Analytical Psychology) Flashcards
Basic Assumption
Humans are motivated by (i) individual repressed experiences and (ii) collective unconscious/archetypes
Collective Unconscious
Emotionally toned experiences (i.e. archetypes) inherited from ancestors
Personal Unconscious
Contains all of a person’s repressed, forgotten or subliminally perceived experiences
Reservoir of the complexes
Archetypes
Contents of the collective unconscious
Persona
Shadow
Tendencies and qualities we attempt to hide from ourselves and others but that we must strive to know in order to be whole
Anima
Animus
Great Mother
Wise Old Man
Hero
Self
Innate disposition toward perfection, completion, wholeness; self-realization
Symbolized by mandala where outer circle = consciousness; middle circle = personal unconscious; inner circle = collective unconscious
Personality Types
Complexes
Contents of personal unconscious
The “archetypes” of the personal unconscious –> emotionally toned conglomeration of associated ideas
First Test of Courage
Realizing shadow