Carl Jung Flashcards
LEVELS OF THE PSYCHE
Conscious
Personal Unconscious
Collective Unconscious
images that are sensed by the ego. Remember that unconscious images have no relationship with the ego.
Conscious
all repressed, forgotten, or subliminally perceived experiences of one particular individual.
Personal Unconscious
has roots in the ancestral past of the entire species.
Collective Unconscious
are ancient or archaic images that derive from the collective unconscious;
Archetypes
the side of personality that people show to the world.
Persona
the archetype of darkness and repression; this represents those qualities we do not wish to acknowledge but attempt to hide from ourselves and others.
SHADOW
the feminine side of men
ANIMA
the masculine side of women
ANIMUS
always associated with both positive (fertility and nourishment) and negative (power and destruction) feelings.
GREAT MOTHER
is the product of the combination of fertility and power
REBIRTH
archetype of wisdom and meaning; This symbolizes humans’ preexisting knowledge of the mysteries of life.
WISE OLD MAN
represented in mythology and legends as a powerful person, sometimes part god, who fights against great odds to conquer or vanquish evil in the form of dragons, monsters, serpents, or demons; they all have tragic flaws.
HERO
an innate, inherited disposition or tendency to move toward growth, perfection, and completion. It is considered the archetype of archetypes because it pulls together the other archetypes and unites them in the process of self-realization. The mandala is the ultimate symbol this.
SELF
DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY
CAUSALITY
TELEOLOGY
PROGRESSION
REGRESSION
holds that present events happen because of past experiences.
CAUSALITY
holds that present events are motivated by goals and aspirations for the future that directs a person’s destiny.
TELEOLOGY
forward flow of psychic energy intended for the adaptation to the outside world.
PROGRESSION
backward flow of psychic energy intended for the adaptation to the inner world.
REGRESSION
The two basic attitudes
introversion and extraversion
The four separate functions
thinking, feeling, sensing, and intuiting.
It is a predisposition to act or react in a characteristic (unique) direction.
Attitudes
turning inward of psychic energy with an orientation toward the subjective.
INTROVERSION
turning outward of the psychic energy so that a person is oriented toward the objective and away from the subjective.
EXTRAVERSION
logical intellectual activity that produces a chain of ideas.
THINKING
the process of evaluating an idea or event; some say that instead of this, the more appropriate term to be used is valuing.
FEELING
the function of receiving physical stimuli and transmitting them to perceptual consciousness. It is not similar to physical stimulus but is simply the individual’s perception of sensory impulses.
SENSING
perception beyond the workings of consciousness. it is more creative compared to sensing, often adding or subtracting elements from conscious sensation.
INTUITING
