Chapter 3 - Carl Jung and Alfred Adler

Question 1

Carl Jung Background

Answer 1

Parents from medical families

Joined Freud – curiosity and interest
Disagreed on sexual theories of motivation (split)

Analytic psychology

Question 2

Concepts of Carl Jung

Answer 2

Mind driven by both past and future

Archetypes – self = central archetype

Personal unconscious – repressed/forgotten information
Prevent anxiety
Complexes – disturbing clusters of ideas

Collective unconscious – “imprint” on society

Question 3

Archetypes

Answer 3

Inherited mental structures/patterns formed from collective unconscious

Anima – woman
Animus – man

Shadow – instincts

Persona – masking true self

Self – central

Puer aeternus – eternal young
Senex – old (wisdom)

Question 4

Personality Typologies

Answer 4

Introversion vs. extroversion

Varying attitudes towards self and others
One dominant aspect over another (setting to setting)

Personality development
Childhood – development of abilities/skills
Young adulthood – encounter world
Middle age – contemplation (mid-life crisis)
Old age – loss of capacity (slide toward unconscious)

Question 5

Alfred Adler Background

Answer 5

Had rickets – wanted to be physician

Socialist and Marxist learnings

Joined Freud – disagreed on sexuality theories

Understanding of human nature