Transcript Theories of Personality: Carl Jung

Theories of Personality:
Carl Jung
Who was Carl Jung?
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Jung was a colleague of Freud
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He was obsessed with the
unconscious mind
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But, Jung viewed the unconscious
mind differently than Freud
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Jung saw personality development
as lifelong process of striving to
reconcile opposite urges
The Theory
Jung’s theory divided the human mind into three parts:
 The Ego
 The Personal Unconscious
 The Collective Unconscious
Ego
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Jung defines this as the
unconscious mind
The Personal Unconscious
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Anything that is not presently conscious, but can be. It
includes both memories that are easily brought to
mind and those that have been repressed for some
reason.
What might Freud call this?
The Collective Unconscious
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This refers to our “Psychic Inheritance”:
 The reservoir of our experiences as a species, a
kind of knowledge we are all born with (the
collective memories of the entire human race). We
are not directly conscious of it but it influences all
our experiences and behaviors.
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According to Jung, this is who so many cultures
have the same symbols recurring in their myths,
religion, art, and dreams. The common symbols
are referred to as archetypes.
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In Freud’s theory… what do we call this?
Archetypes
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The content of the
collective unconscious
are called "Archetypes"
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Jung believed humans
are not born "clean
slates". He thought we
came into this world with
certain pre-dispositions
that cause behavior.
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These behaviors were
driven by archetypes or
archetypal behavior.
Examples of Archetypes
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Family Archetypes:
 The Father – Stern, Powerful, Controlling
 The Mother – Feeding, Nurturing, Soothing
 The Child – Birth, Beginnings, Salvation
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Story Archetypes:
 The Hero – Rescuer, Champion
 The Maiden – Purity, Desire
 The Wise Old Man – Knowledge, Guidance
 The Magician – Mysterious and Powerful
 The Witch or Sorceress - Dangerous
 The Trickster – Deceiving and Hidden
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Animal Archetypes:
 The Faithful Dog – Unquestioning Loyalty
 The Enduring Horse – Never Giving Up
 The Devious Cat – Self Serving
Examples of Archetypes
Examples of Archetypes
Examples of Archetypes
Examples of Archetypes
Introvert and Extrovert
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Jung is most famous for his
development of the
personality types of
INTROVERT and
EXTROVERT. Introverts
are people who prefer their
internal world of thoughts,
feelings, and dreams.
Extroverts prefer the
external world of things,
other people, and activities.
Myers-Briggs Personality
Inventory (MBPI)
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MBPI results indicate
respondents' likely
preferences on four
dimensions based
upon their placement
on these scales:
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Extraversion (E) OR
Introversion (I)
Sensing (S) OR Intuition (N)
Thinking (T) OR Feeling (F)
Judging (J) OR Perceiving (P)
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There are sixteen possible
ways to combine the
preferences, resulting in
sixteen MBTI types: ISTJ,
ISTP, ESTP, ESTJ, ISFJ,
ISFP, ESFP, ESFJ, INFJ,
INFP, ENFP, ENFJ, INTJ,
INTP, ENTP, and ENTJ.
Myers-Briggs
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The rationale is that if
employees and
supervisors
understand the "type"
that they are dealing
with, they will have a
more productive and
harmonious
workplace.