Carl Jung‚ most famously known for his work in describing archetypes‚ synchronicity‚ and the collective unconscious has shown me a new way to look at life. Archetypes reveal to humans that we are not just linked through how we look or what functions we have such as arms‚ hearts or breathing. Some classic archetypes in my life were such as my father was a tyrant of a man who would control everything my family did because when my family lived with him‚ he did not let my mom have any money to do anything
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fascinating video that touched on an array of topics related to dreams and the psyche. One of the things that I noted while watching the video was that Carl Jung wrote on the beginnings of Zen in Buddhism and studied Native American culture in his work. It was also interesting the thoughts that Jung had about the psyche. In the beginning of the video Jung discussed that the psyche is the “great danger”. The video went on to discuss the psychology of war‚ architecture‚ alcohol and drug addiction‚ death
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Final Paper - Jung Theories of Personality In this paper I will show some of Jung’s back ground‚ his theory‚ and speak of his contribution to the world of psychology. His contribution was a great one‚ and it was said that many of his theories were more complicated than many of the other psychologists of his time. As I read about him‚ I began to appreciate his passion for this subject. There were a few reasons that I chose him. First‚ I think it’s
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CARL JUNG AND THE THEORY OF ARCHETYPES Background Carl Gustav Jung was born July 26‚ 1875‚ in the small Swiss village of Kessewil...He was surrounded by a fairly well educated extended family‚ including quite a few clergymen and some eccentrics as well. [Jung’s father] started Carl on Latin when he was six years old‚ beginning a long interest in language and literature -- especially ancient literature. Besides most modern western European languages‚ Jung could read several ancient ones‚ including
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The book of C.G Jung “The Undiscovered Self” was written during the cold war concerning communism. He saw during this time the trend toward collectivism as the utmost threat to the individual self. He expresses grief over the adoption of mass mindedness‚ and encourages its psychic depreciation. Witnessing the physical and psychological destruction of war‚ Jung provides the reader his analytic interpretation of the incomparable loss of self in the intrusion of secular religion and social collectivism
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Reaction to Carl Jung’s theories Carl Jung’s theories are interesting. He studied the personality as something very important to a person--it is embedded within us and is what emerges to the outside world so as to be seen by others. His three principles: opposition‚ equivalence and entropy is quite great and for me‚ really describe every humans’ way of interacting with their environment and the way they come to pursue and continue everyday life. I find it true enough that humans have this general
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Questions: 1. What did Jung mean with Polarities? Describe Jung’s Polarities in detail. 2. Explain which polarities apply to you. Give details. How do they serve you? What do you wish to change? Answers: 1. Jung believed that all humans possess certain specific patterns of behavior and perception. He considered these pattern or characteristics polarities. A polarity is the relationship between two elements that are on opposite ends of a spectrum with neither element‚ or in this case pattern of
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her concerned about spending money and she refrains from expending it despite being middle class and really not poor. As a defense mechanism‚ Myra has developed an anal fixation‚ which manifests in her obsession with neatness and orderliness. 2. Why does Myra feel that cleaning the house is her responsibility? How would Jungian theory explain Myra adopting this traditional role? According to Jung the mind or psyche has two levels; conscious and unconscious. Unlike Freud‚ Jung believes that collective
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case study 4‚ page 1 Rudy Carlos Jung: Case Study 4 case study 4‚ page 2 In case study number four there is a character named Mark. Mark is an extroverted firefighter‚ According to Jungian theory there are two basic attitudes extroverted‚ and introverted. His character and disposition seems to be filled with an outgoing confident. In addition‚ he was described as not introspective which are character traits of an introverted person. Finally‚ the
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The most obvious thing Carl Jung had an opinion was the psychology of the times‚ and how the mind worked. His main interaction of the ideas of the time was through his‚ what one could call‚ feud with Freud. Freud believed that there were two parts that affected human thought and action: the conscious‚ and the subconscious. The conscious was what we thought‚ believed‚ and other things that we were able to easily access in our minds‚ such as strong memories. The subconscious however‚ was everything
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