Analytical Psy - Jung Flashcards
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Jung and Freud
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- jung more concerned with meaning of life and non-instinctual motivation.
- spirituality more important than sexual - striving towards wholeness.
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The psyche
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- our psyche contains life process energy, flows freely inside of us (unconscious and conscious mental level) and out of us (feelings thoughts and behaviours).
- the whole personality, divided into 3 parts: ego (conscious, but later unconscious), personal unconscious and the collective unconscious (a new concept)
- energy comes from conflict
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The 3 principles of psyche energy
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- principle of opposites
- principle of equivalence
- principle of entropy
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- Principle of opposites
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- having one quality and the opposite or potential of that quality ex: shy and bold.
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- Principle of equivalence
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- if one quality increases in polarity, the opposite decreases ex: the more shy you become the less bold you are.
- overdeveloping of a quality decreases the opposite.
- adols is a time of extremes, adults more balanced.
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- Principle of entropy
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- elements of unequal strength seek psychological equilibrium ex: a reflective person becomes more impulsive with time.
- in a defensive person they may remain static
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Equipotentality
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- balance
- middle age
Self realisation - this need leads us to explore and integrate previous aspects of ourselves we have denied. In these ways, we become individual. If we do not take the road of growth, neurotic symptoms arise ie: phobias, depression, anxiety etc.
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Free flow
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- balance between our conscious and unconscious.
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The ego
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- centre of consciousness, not core of personality
- continuous and has identity, containing thoughts and memories of self
- we are born with an undifferentiated consciousness.
- the ego (I) - first significant differentiations.
- gatekeeper of consciousness
- chooses what comes in to maintain identity and continuity.
- jung’s notion of ego is more restrictive than freud’s
- ego is not whole personality but must be completed by the more comprehensive self
- in a mentally healthy person, the ego takes secondary place to the unconscious self - consciousness plays small role in analytical psy.
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The personal unconscious
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- embrace repressed, forgotten experiences
- has repressed infantile memories and impulses, forgotten events and experiences
- contents of personal unconscious - complexes
- complex - emotionally toned group of associated ideas. Personal but maybe derived from humanity’s collective experience.
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Complex
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- a knot of unconscious feelings, beliefs…identified through behaviour.
- may be conscious, unconscious or partly conscious.
- may be related to traumatic or painful experiences
- individual experience of an archetype
- some are pathological and lead to destructive behaviours
Pleasure complex: dummy for toddler, blood for serial killer.
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The collective unconscious (jung’s most controversial concept)
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- inherited, we are born with it
- roots from the ancestral past
- reservoir of our experiences
- influences us, we know of it through how it influences us
- we are unconscious of it
- strong emotions, spontaneity and creativity come from the collective unconscious
- passed down from one generation to the next
- responsible for many myths, legends and beliefs
- produces ‘big dreams’
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Archetypes
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- ancient or archaic images that derive from the collective unconscious.
- similar to complexes
- generalised and derives from the contents of collective unconscious
- distinguished from instincts
- archetypes and instincts are unconsciously determined and both shape personality
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Personality archetypes
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- persona
- shadow
- self
- animus and anima
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The persona
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- the mask we wear, role we play, our image ex: good student
- hides our deeper self
- protects us from social intrusion and helps us fulfil our social roles
- the stronger the persona, the more energy is used to suppress the shadow.
