An early 20th century psychotherapist and psychiatrist who created the field of analytical psychology. He is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of psychology.
Carl Jung is recognized as one of the most influential psychiatrists of all time. He founded analytical psychology and was among the first experts in his field to explore the religious nature behind human psychology.
Levels of the Psyche
Conscious
Personal Unconscious
Collective Unconscious
Conscious
Conscious images are those perceived by the ego. The ego represents the conscious side of personality, and the ego is secondary to the self in a psychologically mature individual.
Personal Unconscious
The unconscious refers to mental representations that are not perceived by the conscious mind. Some unconscious processes stem from our personal experiences. Others originate from our forefathers' encounters with themes that are universal. Complexes are emotionally toned groupings of similar ideas in the personal unconscious.
Collective Unconscious
Collective unconscious images are those that exist outside of our conscious awareness. They are emotional experiences resulting from repeated exposure experiences of our forebears. They do not refer to inherited beliefs, but rather to our fundamental predisposition to react.
Archetypes
The contents of the collective unconscious. They emerge from repeated experiences of our forefathers, and are reflected in particular sorts of Dreams, imaginations, delusions, and hallucinations. They develop their own personalities.
Archetypes
Persona
Shadow
Anima
Animus
Great Mother
Wise Old Man
Hero
Self
The ultimate in psychological maturity is self-realization, which is symbolized by the mandala, or perfect geometric figure.
Causality
Motivation comes from a humans past experiences
Teleology
Motivation comes from expectations of the future that direct a person's destiny
Jung agreed with Freud that many dreams are caused by past events, but claimed that some dreams can help a person make future decisions.
Progression
The adaptation to the outside world that involves the forward flow of psychic energy
Regression
The adaptation of the inner world that relies on the backward flow of psychic energy
Alone, neither progression nor regression leads to development. But the two, working together, can activate the process of healthy personality development.
Attitudes
Introversion
Extraversion
Introversion
An individual's subjective perceptions. Introverts are aware of their inner world, complete with biases, fancies, dreams, and unique perspectives.
Extraversion
A person's attitude toward the external world. Extraverts are impacted more by their environment than by their inner world, and prefer to focus on the objective attitude while suppressing the subjective.
Functions
Thinking
Feeling
Sensing
Intuiting
Thinking
Recognizing the meaning of a stimuli. Extraverted thinking relies on concrete thoughts, while introverted thinking is influenced more by internal meaning than by facts.
Feeling
Placing a value on something. Extraverted feeling uses objective data, while introverted feeling bases judgements on subjective perceptions.
Sensing
Taking in sensory stimuli. Extraverted sensing perceives external stimuli objectively, while introverted sensing is guided by subjective interpretation of sense stimuli.
Intuiting
Perceiving elementary data that are beyond our awareness. Extraverted intuiting senses things subliminally, while introverted intuiting is led by unconscious perceptions of subjective facts.
Stages of Development
Childhood (Anarchic, Monarchic, Dualistic)
Youth
Middle Life
Old Age
Self-realization
A psychological rebirth that involves the merging of distinct elements of the mind into a unified or entire individual. The ultimate stage of human evolution.