Transcript Carl Jung - Ms. Thresher

Early Life
Born in 1875
 His mother was prone to depression and
Carl feared her – led to distrust of
women's mental state
 Developed fear of education due to
bullying by his classmates
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Early Career
Studied medicine at Basel University
 Worked in a psychiatric asylum where
he wrote his first book on techniques of
word association.
 Sent his book to the
notable scientist Freud
beginning their 6 year
friendship
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Freud and Jung
Studied for years under Freud developing his
own theories that branched off of Freud's
 Largely disagreed with Freud's insistence on
sexual motivation in phycology
 Created separate theories of Dream analysis,
and the unconscious
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Dream Analysis
Developed idea of subject level
 The dreamer projects his own philological state
in dreams
 Mother = Feminine side
 Believed firmly in feuds theory of dream
interpretation and merely attempted to add to it
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Collective Unconscious
The unconscious works through archetypes
 Archetypes are innate mental themes about
types of people
 Mothers behave in caring and supportive
ways due to their mental mother archetype.
 Believed in the importance of self achieved
through development and unity of both the
conscious and unconscious minds
 Unconscious doesn’t develop as it is
universal from birth
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Archetypes
Universally effecting all humans
 Used to explain how similar character
traits in parents or mentors develop
similarly in all parts of the world
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Do you believe that the presence of
archetypes proves the existence of a
collective unconscious?
Personal Unconscious
People develop personal symbols based on
life experience
 If a person is nearly dies or simply is hurt in a
fall they may see heights as a symbol for
death and pain.
 Often varies from the collective unconscious
interpretation
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Do you believe that fears are all
rooted in life experience and the
personal unconscious?
Introverts – Look inwards for emotional
and philological stability
 Extroverts – rely on intimacy with others
for stability.
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Is it better to be an introvert or an
extrovert or are they both viable
ways to live?
Criticisms
Believed that Jung had no definitive
proof for any of his ideas
 Difficult to provide research that could
either back or dispute his theory's
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