Chapter 3: Analytic Psychology Flashcards
The middle-aged doctor who talked to the “woman from within” was
Carl Gustav Jung
Occult phenomena can and do influence the lives of everyone.
Analytical Psychology
Jung’s theory is a compendium of _______
opposites
Jung gradually became aware of two separate aspects of his self, and he called these his
No. 1 and No. 2 personalities
No. 1 personality was and in tune with the objective. world, whereas his No. 2 personality was and directed inward toward his subjective world
extraverted, introverted
Jung’s period of ______ was similar to Freud’s self-analysis.
“creative illness”
3 Levels of the Psyche
Conscious, Personal Unconscious, and Collective Unconscious
Unlike Freud, however, Jung strongly asserted that the most important portion of the unconscious springs not from the personal experiences of the individual but from the __________
distant past of human existence
According to Jung, ______ images are those that are sensed by the ego, whereas unconscious elements have no relationship with the ego.
conscious
Jung saw the ___ as the center of consciousness, but not the core of personality (Freud)
ego
Ego is not the whole personality, but must be completed by the more comprehensive ____, the center of personality that is largely unconscious.
self
In a psychologically ______ person, the ego takes a secondary position to the unconscious self
healthy
The ______ embraces all repressed, forgotten, or subliminally perceived experiences of one particular individual.
personal unconscious
It contains repressed infantile memories and impulses, forgotten events, and experiences originally perceived below the threshold of our consciousness
Personal Unconscious
Contents of the personal unconscious are called ______. Largely personal, but they may also be partly derived from humanity’s collective experience.
complex/es
The contents of the ______ are more or less the same for people in all cultures.
collective unconscious
The ______ is responsible for people’s many myths, legends, and religious beliefs. It also produces “big dreams”,
collective unconscious
The collective unconscious does not refer to _____ but rather to humans’ innate tendency to react in a particular way whenever their experiences stimulate a biologically inherited response tendency.
inherited ideas
How many biologically based predispositions do humans have?
people have as many of these inherited tendencies as they have typical situations in life
With more repetition, these forms begin to develop some content and to emerge as relatively autonomous ______.
archetypes
______ are ancient or archaic images that derive from the collective unconscious. They are similar to complexes in that they are emotionally toned collections of associated images. But whereas complexes are individualized components of the personal unconscious, _____ are generalized and derive from the contents of the collective unconscious
Archetypes
Jung defined an _____ as an unconscious physical impulse toward action and saw the archetype as the psychic counterpart to an instinct
instinct
Archetypes have a _____ basis but originate through the repeated experiences of humans’ early ancestors.
biological
_____ are the main source of archetypal material, and certain _____ offer what Jung considered proof for the existence of the archetype
Dreams
Jung believed that _____ of psychotic patients also offered evidence for universal archetypes.
hallucinations
Freud looked first to the personal unconscious and resorted to the _____ only when individual explanations failed.
phylogenetic endowment
If we identify _____ too closely with our persona, we remain unconscious of our individuality and are blocked from attaining self-realization.
self
To become psychologically healthy, Jung believed, we must strike a balance between the demands of _____ and what we truly are.
society
To be whole, we must continually strive to know our _____ and that this quest is our first test of courage.
shadow
Few men become well acquainted with their _____because this task requires great courage and is even more difficult than becoming acquainted with their shadow.
anima
The process of gaining acquaintance with his anima was Jung’s second test of _____.
courage
Whereas the anima represents irrational moods and feelings, the animus is symbolic of _____.
thinking and reasoning
Animus is capable of influencing the thinking of a woman, yet it does not actually belong to her. It belongs to the _____ and originates from the encounters of prehistoric women with men
collective unconscious
The _____, therefore, represents two opposing forces—fertility and nourishment on the one hand and power and destruction on the other.
great mother
Fertility and power combine to form the concept of _____, which may be a separate archetype, but its relation to the great mother is obvious.
Rebirth