Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Central concepts of analytical psychology

Analytic Psychology – greater emphasis on the influences of shared SYMBOLS and RELIGION on human behavior

inherit a collective unconsciousness

The components of the collective unconscious are primitive concepts called archetypes: ideas and images of the accumulated experience of human beings

Jung believed that consciousness was characterized by 4 functions: thinking, feeling, intuition, and sensation.

Individuation: creating a healthy personality by integrating conscious and unconscious elements.

Key contributions of Jung include

The collective unconscious: A universal cultural repository of archetypes and human experiences.

Extroversion and introversion: Jung was the first to identify these two personality traits, and some of his work continues to be used in the theory of personality and in personality testing.

Individuation: The integration and balancing of dual aspects of personality to achieve psychic wholeness, such as thinking and feeling, introversion and extroversion, or the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. Jung argued that people who have individuated are happier, more ethical, and more responsible.

Jung Analytical Psychology

emphasized the unconscious determinants of personality.

the unconscious consists of 2 layers:

personal unconscious

collective unconscious

archetypes

4 Major Types of Archetypes

The Persona

The Shadow

The Anima or Animus

The self

Other archetypes

The father: Authority figure; stern; powerful.

The mother: Nurturing; comforting.

The child: Longing for innocence; rebirth; salvation.

The wise old man: Guidance; knowledge; wisdom.

The hero: Champion; defender; rescuer.

The maiden: Innocence; desire; purity.

The trickster: Deceiver; liar; trouble-maker.

Psychological Types

introversion

extraversion/extroversion