Personality Psychology Carl Jung History Carl Jung l

Personality Psychology Carl Jung

History Carl Jung l Born: July 26, 1875 in Kesswiyl Switzerland l Died: June 6, 1961 in Zurich at age 85 l Family: Father was a pastor and mother was a daughter of a minister.

History Jung’s Personal History l Studied many fields through the urgings of his father; Jung wanted to become an archeologist. l Jung studied medicine at the University of Basel, although many of his interests encompassed humanistic theology, philosophy, anthropology, and archeology. He graduated in 1900 and became a psychiatrist.

History Jung’s Personal History l Relationship with Freud: He began corresponding with Freud in 1906 and by 1907, Freud had chosen him as his protégé to carry on the psychoanalytic tradition. Freud had a parental feeling toward Jung, being 19 years his senior. l 1909: Trip to the United States where Jung and Freud analyzed each other (for fun). l By 1913, their theoretical differences caused them to go their separate ways. Jung retreated to his home and secluded himself for many years.

The Mind The three parts of the mind, or psyche. l The Ego l The Personal Unconscious l The Collective Unconscious l l transpersonal experiences are the residue of human evolutionary development depository of instincts and archetypes that go beyond personal experience

Archetypes Universal themes or symbols that can be activated by forces operating in the psyche l Anima and Animus l Shadow l Persona l Self - leads people to search for ways of maximizing the development of their multifaceted potentials. l mandala - symbolic representation of the self; multifaceted, balanced, harmonious.

Dynamics of Personality Operation of the Psyche - Principles l Opposites l l Equivalence l l the energy that propels personality and behavior is derived from the interplay between opposite forces within the psyche. energy expended in one part of the psyche will be compensated for by an equal amount of energy in the same or different form in another part of the psyche. Entropy l energy is automatically redistributed in the psyche in order to achieve equilibrium

Psychological Types l Fundamental attitudes l extraversion - characterized by an outgoing and relatively confident approach to life. l introversion - characterized by a retiring and reflective approach to life.

Psychological Types l Functions l rational - modes of making judgments or evaluations of events in the world. (thinking and feeling) l l Judging irrational - Modes of apprehending the world without evaluating it. (sensation and intuition) l Perceiving

Psychological Types l Typology: combines 2 attitudes and 4 functions: l l extraverted thinking type - characterized in a positive way by an ability to organize masses of facts into a coherent theory and in a negative way by a selfish and exploitative attitude toward others. introverted thinking type - characterized positively by imagination and an ability to think originally and boldly and negatively by social ineptness. extraverted feeling type - characterized positively by an acceptance of the standards of society and negatively by a change in emotions from situation to situation. introverted feeling type - characterized positively by intense feelings of sympathy for others who have experienced misfortune and negatively by shyness and inaccessibility.

Psychological Types l l extraverted sensing type - characterized positively by an appreciation for the arts and negatively by crude pleasure seeking. introverted sensing type - characterized positively by the intensity of subjective sensations and negatively by oversensitivity and obtuseness. extraverted intuitive type - characterized positively by a quick grasp of the creative possibilities in various ventures and negatively by impatience and flightiness. introverted intuitive type - characterized positively by the ability to envision the future and negatively by an inability to communicate effectively with others.