Jungian Terminology Flashcards
Acquaint yourself with the terms used by Jungians.
Define,
What is the Anima?
/ăn′ə-mə/
A collection of [ ] images. The eternal [f] within [m]? Link’s “I” to [ ]?
The archetypal images of the eternal feminine in a man’s unconscious that forms a link between ego-consciousness and the collective unconscious and potentially opens a way to the self.
/ăn′ə-mə/
An example: the Empress tarot. Among other feminine symbols, such as the witch too.
Define,
What is the Animus?
/ăn′ə-məs/
A collection of [ ] images. The eternal [m] within [f]? Links “I” to [ ]?
The archetypal images of the eternal masculine in a woman’s unconscious that forms a link between ego-consciousness and the collective unconscious and potentially opens a way to the self.
/ăn′ə-məs/
An example: the King tarot. Among other masculine symbols, such as bluebeard or the giant.
Define,
What is an Archetype?
/är′kĭ-tīp″/
In inate potential [ ]? Part of the collective unconscious. Present in all times and places.
An innate potential pattern of imaginiation, thought, or behavior that can be found among human beings in all times and places.
/är′kĭ-tīp″/
An example: the warrior or lover. The shaman or trickster, ect. Not concrete. With polarities.
Define,
What defines an Archetypal Image?
Where Archetypes derive from.
A [ ] pattern, mental or behavioral. Found in [ ] or cultural [ ]? What kind of symbols and stories?
A psychic pattern, mental or behavioral, that is common to the human species. Archetypal images are found in the dreams of individuals and in cultural materials such as myths, fairy tales, and religious symbols.
Where Archetypes derive from.
Campbells’s exploration of mythologies builds on Archetypes. Eternalised has an extensive video series about these on Youtube.
Define,
What is Compensation?
/kŏm″pən-sā′shən/
A self-[ ] process? What two forces seek homeostatic balance? Fosters [ ] and movement toward?
The self-regulatory dynamic process whereby ego-consciousness and the unconscious seek homeostatic balance, which also fosters individuation and the progressive movement toward wholeness.
/kŏm″pən-sā′shən/
When Ms. Venable said Tyler was “compensating” with his large waterbottle, she used this definition wrong: compensation is not always negative.
Define,
What is a Complex?
/kŏm′plĕks″/
Autonomous [ ] of the personal [ ]? Formed through [ ] or [ ]?
A feeling toned autonomous content of the personal unconscious usually formed through psychic injury or trauma.
/kŏm′plĕks″/
Think the Napoleon Complex, or more broadly, an inferiority Complex.
Define,
What is the Ego?
/ē′gō/
The [ ] of [ ]?
The center of consciousness, the “I.”
/ē′gō/
A first-person story is told through viewpoint of the Ego. I did this. I did that. That is the Ego speaking.
Define,
What is Ego-Consciousness?
Conscioussness in relation to Ego.
Made up of [ ] thoughts, memories and feelings. Whose center is the [ ].
The portion of the psyche made up of easily accessed thoughts, memories, and feelings at whose center is the ego, the “I.”
Conscioussness in relation to Ego.
A bank of constant non-repressed thoughts, memories and feelings. They surround one’s ego. Is accessible to the Ego(?).
Define,
What is Extroversion?
/ĕk′strə-vûr″zhən/
A [ ] attitude of consciousness. Prefers [ae] with objects to [cs].
A habitual attitude of consciousness that prefers active engagement with objects to the scrutiny of them.
/ĕk′strə-vûr″zhən/
Not always associated with social behavior. Not the popcultural schemantics commonly attributed–being creative, outgoing, world-minded, ect.
Define,
What is Introversion?
/ĭn″trə-vûr′zhən/
A [ ] attitude of consciousness. Prefers [i] and [cs].
The habitual attitude of consciousness that prefers introspection and the close scrutiny of relations with objects.
/ĭn″trə-vûr′zhən/
Not always associated with social behavior. Not the popucultural schematics commonly attributed–being a shut-in, or loner, or smarter, ect.
Define,
What is an Imago?
/ĭ-mā′gō/
Psychic [ ] or [ ] of an object. The abstract.
The psychic representation or image of an object, like a parent, not to be confused with the actual object.
/ĭ-mā′gō/
An object with abstract or symbolic meaning. Think sexual interaction–yes it means procreation but also vulnerability and expressiveness. Abstract meaning behind objective things.
Define,
What is Individuation?
/ĭn″də-vĭj″oo͞-ā′shən/
A process of [ ] developmet. Leads to awareness of [ ].
The process of psychic development that leads to the conscious awareness of wholeness. Not to be confused with individualism.
/ĭn″də-vĭj″oo͞-ā′shən/
A constant process. Like that of building muscle–akin to learning. Must always be upkept and pursued.
Define,
What is Instinct?
/ĭn′stĭngkt″/
An innate, [ ] based source of [ ]. Shaped by an [ai].
An innate, physically based source of psychic energy (or libido) that is shaped and structured in the psyche by an archetypal image.
/ĭn′stĭngkt″/
Instinct drives the father to become the tyrant. Or the mother the Witch. Or the son the oedipal child.
Define,
What is Libido?
/lĭ-bē′dō/
Interchangable with [ ]. Affinities with [ ]. Is quantifiable.
Interchangable with “psychic energy” and having affinities with the philosophical concept of “life force.” Libido is quanitifable and can be measured.
/lĭ-bē′dō/
Not purely sexual, though it does play a role. One’s life force or motivation and vitality.
Define,
What is Neurosis?
/noo͝-rō′sĭs/
A [ ] attitude of [ ] in [ ]. Excludes [ ] contents. Defensive and Systematic.
A habitual attitude of rigid one-sidedness in ego-consciousness, which defensively and systematically excludes unconscious contents from consciousness.
/noo͝-rō′sĭs/
A defence mechanism. Anxiety and depression are habitual attitudes.
Define,
What is a Persona?
/pər-sō′nə/
A psychic [ ]. Between [ ] and [ ]. A person’s social [ ].
The psychic interface between the individual and society that makes up a person’s social identity.
/pər-sō′nə/
A shield. Protecting the center from the outside and social world–displaying. Holden Caufield critizied these when he called people “phonies.”
Define,
What is Projection?
/prə-jĕk′shən/
The [ ] of unconscious psychic contents. For defensive purpose or developmental.
The externalization of unconscious psychic contents, sometimes for defensie purposes (as with the shadow) and sometimes for developmental and integrative purposes (as with the anima and the self.)
/prə-jĕk′shən/
Often parents project upon children their own lives. Angry individuals will see others the same. But also, not a bad thing. Projecting oneself brings them closer to the world. Projecting your inner world collides it with the physical. Critical in pursuit of wholeness.
Define,
What is the Psyche?
/sīk/
An inclusive term. Covers area of [c], personal [uc] and [CUc]. Other forms: Objective Psyche.
An inclusive term covering areas of consciousness, personal unconscious and collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is sometimes refered to as the objective psyche because it is not personal or individual.
/sīk/
The Psyche houses the conscious, personal unconscious, and collective unconscious all at once, at all times.
Define,
What does Psychoid mean?
/sīˌkȯid/
Refering to the [ ] of the psyche. Interfaces with [ ] world and realm of the [ ].
An adjective refering to the boundaries of the psyche, one of which interfaces with the body and the physical world and the other with the realm of “spirit”.
/sīˌkȯid/
Define,
What is Psychological Type?
Combines attitude and function.
Combinatiion of two attitudes, [e] and [i]. With one of four functions. Forms habitual orientation of [ec].
The combination of one of two sttitudes (extroversion or introversion) with one of four functions (thinking, feeling, sensation, or intuition) to form a distinctive habitual orentation of ego-consciousness.
Combines attitude and function.
Define,
What is Psychosis?
/sī-kō′sĭs/
State of [ ]. [ec] flooded by [uc]. Defends with [ ].
A state of possession in which ego-consciousness is flooded by the unconscious and often seeks to defend itself by identifying with an archetypal image.
/sī-kō′sĭs/
Define,
What is the Self?
/sĕlf/
Not the “I,” but the [c]. Source of all [ ] and innate [ ] toward [ ].
The center, source of all archetypal images and of innate psychic tendencies toward structure, order, integration.
/sĕlf/
Why does one seek to “find” the center? It is always there.
Define,
What is the Shadow?
/shăd′ō/
Rejected, unaccepted and repressed [ ] of the [ ]. Form structure to [ ] and to [ ].
The rejected and unaccepted aspects of the personality that are repressed and form a compensatory structure to the ego’s self ideals and to the persona.
/shăd′ō/
Do not let the name fool you–our shadows are not soley “evil.” The shadow is not a black in white or set in stone aspect of the unconscious. It can be rejected further or accepted wholey.
Define,
What is Synchronicity?
/sĭng″krə-nĭs′ĭ-tē, sĭn″-/
A meainingful [ ] of two events. One [i] and [psy], other [o] and [phy].
The meaningful coincidence of the two events, one inner and psychic and the other outer and physical.
/sĭng″krə-nĭs′ĭ-tē, sĭn″-/
Deja vu.
