Carl Jung: Analytic Psychology Flashcards

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What did Jung notice in his mother early on? (2)

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-part 1: kind, classic motherly type
part 2: harsh, kinda her shadow self

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What was 1 and 2 for Carl himself?

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1: the student
2: the wise old man

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What was the most basic disagreement between Jung and Freud?

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-that Freud uses the terms libido (which was a very socially scary word at the time) and has more of a negative view of people, thats why Jung is sometimes seen as the father of positive psychology

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What did Jung say about spirituality?

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-you cannot be a fully formed person without spirituality

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What years were the dark period for Jung and why was it called this? (2)

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-1914-1917
-mentally sick, psychologically struggling and comes up with theories after this

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What did Jung call the psyche?

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-the total personality

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What is the total personality energized by?

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-the libido, which is the biological force or energy

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Where does the libido come from?

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-the principle of opposites, every psychic component has an opposite

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What are the three levels of the psyche? (3)

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-conscious (ego)
-personal unconscious
-collective unconscious

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What is the ego? What does it include? (2)

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-centre of consciousness
-includes the thoughts, memories, and perceptions of which we are aware

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What is the personal unconscious? What is broken into? (2)

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-contains memories, experiences, and emotions that have been repressed or forgotten but can still influence behavior.
-broken into complexes

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What are complexes?

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-clusters of emotions, thoughts, memories, and perceptions that are organized around a common theme

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What is Freud’s equivalent to a personal unconscious

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-preconscious and unconscious put together

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What is the collective unconscious?

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-it is universal across cultures and is ancestral experiences biologically in us, including pre human memory

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What does the collective unconscious contain?

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-archetypes

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What are archetypes? Where are representations of archetypes found? (2)

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-an inherited predisposition to respond in a certain way and is common to all human beings (unlike complexes)
-found in art, literature and religion

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What are the 5 common archetypes? (5)

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-persona
-anima
-animus
-shadow
-self

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Describe the persona.

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-mask you put on to go into public, your public self

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Describe the anima?

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-feminine part of male psyche, allows men to have feminine traits

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Describe the animus?

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-the male part of the female psyche

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Describe the shadow.

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-very similar to the id, manifests itself in aggression, eroticism, and even self-destruction

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What is the self considered?

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-the centre of personality, or the whole of personality

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What is the goal for people?

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-to become the self as this unites and harmonizes other archetypes

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What does personal growth move towards?

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-self realization

25
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What is self realization? What does it require? Is it destiny? (3)

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-the achievement of a unified self, an integrated whole person
-balance between all components of the psyche
-yes

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What two processes are needed to grow towards self-realization? (2)

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-individuation
-transcendent function

27
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What is individuation?

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-identifying your different parts, the opposing aspects of yourself

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What is transcendent function?

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-bringing the different part of yourself together for balance

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Do many people achieve self-realization?

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-no, few people achieve this and maintain stuck in ego

30
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What are other archetypes to know? (5)

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-hero
-wise old man
-mother
-eternal child
-magician/trickster

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What is the hero archetype?

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-overcomes evil in some way, rescues, self-sacrifices and always has a critical flaw

32
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What is the wise old man?

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-has key wisdom needed to live life

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What is the mother archetype?

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-positive and negative characteristics, fertility and nourishment but also power

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What is the eternal child?

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-small being or child with extraordinary powers

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What is the magician/trickster archetype?

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-creative, cunning and manipulative

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What is the structure of Jung’s theory analytic psychology?

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-conscious, personal unconscious and collective unconscious

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How does development occur in Jung’s theory?

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-self-realization through individuation and transcendent function

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What causes disorder according to Jung?

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-when there is an imbalance in parts of the psyche

39
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What are the two psychological types we start with according to Jung?

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-introversion vs. extraversion

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Describe Jung’s introversion attitude type.

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-focus on inner world, fantasy, imaginative

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Describe Jung’s extraversion attitude type.

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-focus on external world, realistic, practical

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Name the four sets of function Jung added. (4)

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-thinking vs. feeling
-sensing vs. intuitive

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What is meant by thinking and feeling? (2)

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thinking-assessment of truth
feeling-assessment of value

44
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What is meant by sensing vs intuiting? (2)

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sensing-conscious sensory perception
intuitive-perception beyond consciousness

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How do you make 8 psychological types according to Jung?

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-combine introversion, extraversion, sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking

46
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What was the fourth function added after Jung to the psychological type?

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-judging and perceiving

47
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Is Jung’s theory determinism or free choice?

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-both

48
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Is Jung’s theory pessimistic or optimistic?

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-both

49
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Is Jung’s theory past or future focused?

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-both

50
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Is Jung’s theory conscious or unconscious?

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-both

51
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Is Jung’s theory biological or social?

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-biological

52
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Is Jung’s theory consistent or variable?

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-consistent

53
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Is Jung’s theory unique or similar?

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-similar

54
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How well does Jung’s theory work as a scientific theory?

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-low, it doesn’t do well overall

55
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Which scientific aspects does Jun’s theory get a score of moderate? (3)

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-generating research
-organizing knowledge
-guide practical action

56
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What scientific aspects does Jung’s theory get a score of low? (2)

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-maintain internal consistency
-maintain parsimony

57
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Does Jung’s theory allow for falsifiability?

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-very low

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