Carl Jung's Theory of Adult Development

Question 1

First Half of Life

Answer 1

Adaptation to outer reality; strengthening of consciousness; building of outward social identity

Question 2

Mid-Life Transition

Answer 2

confronting mortality Onset of biological aging and need for further psychic/spiritual development

Question 3

Second Half of Life

Answer 3

Individuation: one needs to restore wholeness, come to terms with one’s past life, confront the “unfinished business” of one’s life, continue to chart new pathways

Question 4

Persona

Answer 4

One’s “social mask.” The part of identity that is concerned with relations to the surround world

Question 5

Shadow

Answer 5

Those parts of the self that are rejected from consciousness because they are inconsistent with one’s self concept

Question 6

Animus/ Anima

Answer 6

(soul, spirit, vital force) The masculine/feminin part of the self