Carl Jung Flashcards
conscious level; carries out daily activities; like Freud’s conscious
ego
individuals thoughts, memories, wishes, impulses; like Freud’s preconscious and unconscious
personal unconscious
storehouse of memories inherited from the common ancestor of the whole human race; no counterpart in Freud theory
collective unconscious
the collective unconscious
Jung identifies it as the center of all psychic material not derived from personal experience
contains archetypes emotionally charged images and thought forms that have universal meaning
archetypes
what causes us to respond in certain ways to common human experiences
emotionally charged images and thought forms that have universal meaning
key archetype
mandala “magic circle” and image that symbolizes the unity of life
basic personality orientations
introversion and extroversion
introversion
focused inward; the person is cautious, shy, timid, reflective
extroversion
focused outward; the person is outgoing, sociable, assertive, energetic
mental functions
thinking
feeling
sensing
intuiting
thinking
naming and interpreting experience
feeling
evaluating an experience for its emotional worth to us
sensing
experiencing the world through the senses without interpreting or evaluating it
intuiting
relating directly to the world without physical sensation, reasoning or interpretation
structure of the personality
persona
ego
shadow
anima (men)
animus (women)
self
the appearance we show to the world
has negative and positive aspects
the character that we assume and how we relate to others
includes social roles, clothes we wear, individual styles of expressing ourself
“mask”
aka the “conformity archetype”
the stronger this is the more we identify with it and deny other parts of ourselves
persona
the center of consciousness
one of the major archetypes
provides a sense of consistency and direction in our conscious lives
opposes what might threaten fragile consistency of consciousness
tries to convince us the we must always think consciously
ego
serves as the focus for material that has bee repressed from consciousness
includes tendencies, desires, and memories rejected by the individual that are not compatible with the persona and social standards/ideals
most dangerous and unrecognized
individuals can become dominated by this without realizing it
the more this material is made conscious, he less it can dominate
shadow
feminine archetype in women
animus
masculine archetype in men
anima
the most important archetype
most difficult to understand
the archetype of centeredness
the union of conscious and unconscious that embodies the harmony and balance of opposing elements
depicted in dreams or images
self
