Jung Flashcards
anima
Jungian archetype that represents the feminine component in the personality of males and originates from men’s inherited experiences with women.
animus
Jungian archetype that represents the masculine component in the personality of females and originates from women’s inherited experiences with men.
archetypes
refers to the contents of the collective unconscious. also called primordial images or collective symbols, represent psychic patterns of inherited behavior Typical archetypes are the anima, animus, and shadow.
attitude
A predisposition to act or react in a characteristic manner, that is, in either an introverted or an extraverted direction.
complexes
An emotionally toned conglomeration of ideas that comprise the contents of the personal unconscious.
Jung originally used the word association test to uncover complexes.
conscious
Mental images that are sensed by the ego and that play a relatively minor role in Jungian theory.
ego
The center of consciousness. In Jungian psychology, the ego is of lesser importance than the more inclusive self and is limited to consciousness.
extraversion
An attitude or type marked by the turning outward of psychic energy so that a person is oriented toward the objective world.
feeling
A rational function that tells us the value of something. The feeling function can be either extraverted (directed toward the objective world) or introverted (directed toward the subjective world).
individuation
the process of becoming a whole person, that is, an individual with a high level of psychic development.
instinct
An unconscious physical impulse toward action. Instincts are the physical counterpart of archetypes.
introversion
An attitude or type characterized by the turning inward of psychic energy with an orientation toward the subjective.
intuition
An irrational function that involves perception of elementary data that are beyond our awareness. Intuitive people “know” something without understanding how they know.
progression
The forward flow of psychic energy; involves the extraverted attitude and movement toward adaptation to the external world.
regression
The backward flow of psychic energy; regression involves the introverted attitude and movement toward adaptation to the internal world.
self
The most comprehensive of all archetypes, the self includes the whole of personality, although it is mostly unconscious. The self is often symbolized by the mandala motif.
self-realization
The highest possible level of psychic maturation; necessitates a balance between conscious and unconscious, ego and self, masculine and feminine, and introversion and extraversion. All four functions (thinking, feeling, sensing, and intuiting) would be fully developed by self-realized people.
sensation
An irrational function that receives physical stimuli and transmits them to perceptual consciousness. People may rely on either extraverted sensing (outside perceptions) or on introverted sensing (internal perceptions).
shadow
archetype representing the inferior or dark side of personality.
thinking
A rational function that tells us the meaning of an image that originates either from the external world (extraverted) or from the internal world (introverted).
types
Classification of people based on the two-dimensional scheme of attitudes and functions. The two attitudes of extraversion and introversion and the four functions of thinking, feeling, sensing, and intuiting combine to produce eight possible types.
Collective conciousness
inherited images from emotionally toned experiences inherited from our ancestors.
mandala
represents the strivings of the collective unconscious for unity, balance, and wholeness.
conservative principle
the desire to live in the past and not move on from childhood or youth.
