Analytical Psychology- Carl Jung

Question 1

Founder of Analytical Psychology

Answer 1

Carl Jung

Question 2

Jung’s Theory was influenced by?

Answer 2

-His childhood experiences and his dreams/fantasies

Question 3

Jung believed that Personality is shaped by-?

Answer 3

-Both the future and the past

Question 4

Jung’s definition of Libido

Answer 4

-He didn’t agree that it is a primary sexual energy

Question 5

Used the term Libido in 2 ways

Answer 5

a. A diffuse generalised life energy

b. A narrower energy that fuels the Psyche

Question 6

Psychic Value

Answer 6

When a person invests a great amount of psychic energy in an idea or feeling, its known to have ‘psychic value’

Question 7

Jung believed Psychic Energy operated on 3 principles:

Answer 7

• Principle of Opposites
• Principle of Equivalence
• Principle of Entropy

Question 8

Principle of Opposites

Answer 8

Every aspect of the psyche has its opposite and that this opposition generates psychic energy.

E.g heat v/s cold

Question 9

Principle of Equivalence

Answer 9

Energy is never totally lost to the personality, but it shifts from one part to another.
-In whatever direction/manner that energy flows, the energy continuously gets redistributed within the personality.

E.g. If we lose interest in a hobby, psychic energy that’s formerly invested in that area shifts to a new area.

Question 10

Principle of Entropy

Answer 10

-This principle states that there’s a tendency towards equilibrium in the personality.

E.g If two desires/beliefs differ greatly in intensity/psychic value, energy will flow from the more strongly held to the weaker.

Question 11

Jung’s System’s of Personlity

Answer 11

3 systems of Personlity:

• Ego
• Personal Unconscious
• Collective Unconscious