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Theory of Carl Jung covering the archetypes and personality typology
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Carl Gustav Jung
1875-1961
Freud’s “Crown Prince”
who fell from grace for having his own
theoretical ideasabout personality
Instincts Archetypes
Predisposed human ways of perceiving, apprehending, responding, reacting
Collective in nature from our human ancestors
Darwinian principle applied to the psyche
Genetic structures of potential Personal nature forms through experience and development
Instinctual need to develop and become an individual
“Individual” and “Divide” are a part of the word To become an individual we must divide what is unconscious into it’s conscious component
Development of the archetypes Realization of the influence of archetypes upon behavior
Fuel for the psyche General life force that drives the personality
Energy that is finite in the psyche
Differed from Freud’s definition. Libido is more than sexually generated. We have a drive towards many pursuits.
Governed by the Principle of Opposites Yin/Yang of nature
Acts according to the Principle of Equivalence Equal amount of psychic energy is invested to both sides of any position
Make the opposites conscious Principle of Entropy explains what you can expect of your psyche Energy will seek a return to equal distribution to polar opposites
conscious personal unconscious
contents in the unconscious that come from our personal lives
collective unconscious
instincts archetypes Uroboros (Egg)
The dark side of human nature
Those qualities, characteristics, feelings, impulses we have that we reject and therefore shove into our shadow, where we hope they remain hidden from ourselves and others
Greek for “mask” The many social faces we wear in order to adapt
Is only a part of who we are, but we may identify with it more than our true self because of the status (or power) it may provide us
Anima is the undeveloped feminine side of males
Embodies all the characteristics generally ascribed to females Submissive Nurturing Emotional
Animus is the undeveloped masculine side of females
Embodies characteristics generally ascribed to males Dominant Logical Action oriented
Attitudes The direction in which one invests the libido EXTROVERSION: Libido is directed towards objects and people external to oneself
INTROVERSION: Libido is directed inward towards the self and the subjective state
Irrational functions: Used to perceive information/experience Sensation: hot/cold; hard/soft; light/dark
Intuition: derive possibilities; nuances
Rational functions: Used to evaluate or judge information/experience Thinking: judges using a logical, objective criteria
Feeling: judges using emotional evaluation; likes/dislikes; good/bad