Jung Chapter 3

JungChapter 3

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Biographical 1875-1961 Lonely, fantasy-filled childhood

A. Stone – perspective of stone

B. Manikin – “secret friend”

C. Phallus Dream – Lord Jesus

D. Throne Vision – terrible thought Lifelong interest in the Occult

Biographical

Adulthood Married 1903

Freud’s successor

“creative illness”

love triangle

Libido

Creative, biological life force (energy) for personal growth

As biological needs become easier to satisfy, energy is used for more spiritual problems

How much energy we devote to a problem determines its value to us

Principles

Principle of Equivalence (1st law of thermodynamics)

Total amount of psychic energy is fixed

Principle of Opposites Every concept has a polar opposite

Principle of Entropy Tendency to equalize energy within a system

Components of the Personality1. Ego (conscious)

Responsible for sense of identity

thinking, feeling, remembering – conscious awareness

functions of daily living

Components of the Personality2. Personal Unconscious

Material that was once conscious but was repressed or forgotten or not vivid enough to make an impression

Complex Personally disturbing, interrelated feelings,

memories, and impulses that are usually repressed, which would inhibit person growth; i.e., mother complex

Development of the word-association test

Components of the Personality3. Collective Unconscious

Most mystical, controversial concept Collective experiences from human

evolutionary past, inherited Archetype

Inherited predisposition to respond to certain aspects of the world, formed because humans have a natural tendency to make myths

Archetypes

PERSONA One’s public self (mask, social

roles) Inflation of the persona

If Persona given too much importance, stifles other components of personality

Archetypes

ANIMA & ANIMUS Shows males/females how to interact with opposite gender; an “ideal” male/female

Anima: Female component of the male psyche

Animus: Masculine component of the female psyche

Archetypes

SHADOW Darkest, deepest part of

the psyche, animal instincts (immoral, aggressive, passionate)

Projected outward: monsters

Archetypes

SELF Attempts to harmonize all

the other components Life’s primary goal

Therapy

Goal: to bring archetypes into consciousness and then integrate into personality; i.e., use them

Self-realization: harmonize components in psyche

Stages of Development

Stages defined by where the focus of libidinal energy was

Childhood (from birth to adolescence) Early: Energy directed toward survival skills; eating,

walking After age 5, more energy devoted to sexuality

Stages of Development

Young Adulthood (from adolescence to about age 40) Energy directed toward work, marriage, children,

community Middle Age (from about age 40 to the later years of

life) Most important phase Energy directed toward finding a meaning in life Many of his patients’ complexes from lack of religion

Ideally, focus switches from self concerns to world concerns

Eight Personality Types

Two general attitudes Direction of energy flow

Extroversion: Sociable, outgoing, interested in external events

Introversion: Quiet, imaginative, more interested in ideas

Four functions of thought thinking – feeling (making judgments/decisions;

rational) Feeling: Determines an object’s worth to the

individual (emotions) Thinking: Tells what an object is (logic, reason)

sensing – intuiting (getting information; irrational) Sensing: Detects the presence of objects (details) Intuiting: Provides hunches when no data are

available (big picture)


2 attitudes(energy)

8 types

4 functions of thoughts(dealing with the world)

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The Eight Types

EXTROVERTED THINKING EXTROVERTED FEELING EXTROVERTED SENSATION EXTROVERTED INTUITION INTROVERTED THINKING INTROVERTED FEELING INTROVERTED SENSATION INTROVERTED INTUITION

Interested in facts about objects external to the self

Logical Fixed rules Represses emotions

and feelings Neglects friends and

relationships

The Eight Types


Interested in ideas and inner reality

Inflexible, cold Pays little attention to

other people

The Eight Types

EXTROVERTED THINKING EXTROVERTED FEELING EXTROVERTED SENSATION EXTROVERTED INTUITION

INTROVERTED THINKING INTROVERTED FEELING INTROVERTED SENSATION INTROVERTED INTUITION

Responds to reality emotionally, but only as appropriate to situation

Respects authority/tradition

Frequent among women

The Eight Types



Subjective truth is the only truth

Follow own thoughts and feelings

Few friends

The Eight Types



Emphasizes sensory experience

Concerned with facts and details, “realist”

Not particularly interested in analysis of situation

The Eight Types


Creates own meaning for sensory experiences

e.g., musicians and artists

The Eight Types



Concerned with possibilities for change in the external world, rather than with the familiar

Unconcerned with logic

The Eight Types


Explore implications of internal events

Often distant Daydreamer

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Includes: Extravert/Introvert scale Thinking/Feeling scale Intuiting/Sensing scale

Added: Judging/Perceiving scale

organized, plans vs. improvising

16 types

My Personality Type

http://similarminds.com/personality_tests.html

Jung Test Results

Introverted (I) 83.33% Extroverted (E) 16.67%Intuitive (N) 87.5% Sensing (S) 12.5%

Feeling (F) 66.67% Thinking (T) 33.33%Perceiving (P) 79.17% Judging (J) 20.83%

Your type is: INFP

INFP - "Questor". High capacity for caring. Emotional face to the world. High sense of

honor derived from internal values. 4.4% of total population.

Explaining human behavior

Causality attempt to explain adult personality in terms

of prior experiences (past) Teleology

human behavior has a purpose (future) Synchronicity

meaningful coincidence influence behavior

Research Techniques

Word-association test Study of psychotic patients Self-study of dreams and visions Wide, cross-cultural study of symbols,

rituals, etc.

Contributions

Optimism about human nature Importance of future Importance of search for meaning as a

motivator Use of multiple cultures

Criticisms

Nonfalsifiable Unclear, contradictory Emphasis of irrational and spirituality Use of unscientific methods

Freud vs. Jung Similarities

Libido Principle of Conservation of Energy; Principle of equivalence Ego Unconscious Stages of Development Causality Dreams

Differences Libido Unconscious Stages of Development Causality and Teleology Pessimistic/Optimistic about human nature Religion

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