Carl Jung Flashcards
Who was Carl Jung?
A Swiss medical doctor who began his career working with schizophrenic patients
Jung became acquainted with Freud’s work through ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ and eventually developed his own theories.
What was the significant outcome of Jung’s meeting with Freud?
Their meeting reportedly lasted 13 hours and they became close friends
Freud viewed Jung as his ‘heir apparent’ to psychoanalysis.
What caused the break in the relationship between Jung and Freud?
Doubts Jung expressed about Freud’s emphasis on sexual motivation.
What are the three categories of experience in Jung’s model of personality?
- Conscious ego
- Personal unconscious
- Collective unconscious
- Conscious ego according to Jung
the conscious part of personality that embodies our sense of self
what we think of in everyday life, general sense of self, who we consciously report (this is a small. Part of our personality according to Jung) doesn’t get at root of psychological health and growth
Personal unconsciousness
similar to freud idea – memories we repress, impulses , wishes, forgotten experiences, remembering something small from our childhood, something that develop in our course of our life. A lot can be understood from this. A source of healing for people with Psychological symptoms .
To understand how a symptom is related to an unacceptable impulse or a wish that’s unacceptable. (useful concept with patients)
Define ‘libido’ according to Jung.
The creative life force that provides the energy for personal growth.
What is the ‘collective unconscious’?
Contains accumulated experiences of previous generations and influences us through archetypes and unconscious emotional predispositions.
deeper level, important part. Similar across the human species. We have access to same kind of images. We have encountered similar situations eg personal safety, challenges, things that could kill us, we have a predisposition on how to respond. Involves building relationship with others , relationships of dependency from our parents, laid blue print on how to set the stage on how to respond to similar situations..
What are archetypes?
An inherited predisposition to respond emotionally to certain categories of experience.
Archetypes were the psychic counterpart to instincts (the physical impulse)
difference between instinct and archetype
instinct = unconscious physical impulse towards an action
archetype: psyche counter part of instinct.
How do archetypes influence us?
They influence our conscious behavior and dreams despite being contained in the collective unconscious.
ancient images from ancestral past. they influence us in our conscious behaviour and observable dreams . Images we interact with throughout our lives
Differentiate between archetypes and instincts.
Archetypes are the psychic counterpart to instincts, which are unconscious physical impulses toward action.
Give an example of an archetype and its representation.
Hero: King, savior, champion, superhero.
Magician : witch
Anima and Animus : female element of a man, male element of a woman
Child-God: fairy, elf
Mother: grandmother
Demon: vampire
Shadow: evil twin, dark side
Persona: mask , actor , facade
What is shadow
the qualityies we dont wish to acknoledge but attempt to hide from ourselves and others
Anima and animus
carl believed that everyone is psychologically bisexual and possess both masculine and feminine sides
animus = masculine archetype in women
anima = feminine archetype in men
Great mother
derive from animus and anima
associated with positive and negative feelings
What is the general function of dreams according to Jung?
To restore psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes total psychic equilibrium.
How did Jung interpret dreams differently from Freud?
Jung saw dreams as access to images and archetypes from the collective unconscious.
What is a ‘complex’ in Jung’s theory?
A group of emotionally charged feelings, thoughts, and ideas related to a particular theme.
What is the purpose of Jung’s word association test?
To identify emotionally charged words that cause arousal and explore the nature of a person’s complexes.
What is ‘individuation’?
A long-term process of becoming a whole person by balancing and blending all aspects of one’s personality.
What did Jung believe about personality development in middle age?
It is a time for striving towards self-realization through individuation.
What are Jung’s two major attitudes?
- Extraversion
- Introversion
What are the four functions in Jung’s personality types?
- Thinking
- Feeling
- Sensing
- Intuition
