Week 5

Question 1

What is “Jungian” psychology?

Answer 1

Analytical psychology or depth psychology

Question 2

True or False:
Jung’s believed that everyone person is unique and has a distinct destiny. Jung’s approach to psychology eventually became known as the individuation process.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What exactly is the “individuation” process?

Answer 3

A way of explaining the path to optimal personal development for an individual.

Being able to reflect back on life’s curveballs and identify that those obstacles shaped you to who you are today.

Question 4

True or False:
Jung believed that to be individuated, people had to become their truest deepest self which included the need to emancipate from aspects of their family and society.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Define “shadow” in regards to Jung

Answer 5

The shadow are desires and feelings that are not acceptable to society or the conscious psyche.

Question 6

True or False:

It is useless to become familiar with our shadow because we will be more likely to project our experience on to others.

Answer 6

False, if we can understand that we are like our shadow we can decrease the chances of projection onto others.

Question 7

What is the “self-justification” theory?

Answer 7

A theory which refers to experimental research that is a subset of cognitive dissonance theory research which focuses on how people defend against information that threatens their justification system.

Question 8

True or False:

Humans have a personal unconscious as well as a collective unconscious.

Answer 8

True - our personal unconscious come from our own life experiences and collective unconscious comes from memories that all humans share.

Question 9

What is the “collective unconscious”?

Answer 9

Inherited memories or pre-existing symbols and archetypes; memories all humans share.

Question 10

Synchronicity

Answer 10

A concept first introduced by Carl Jung which holds that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully-related.

Question 11

What are “archetypes”?

Answer 11

A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

Question 12

True or False:

Jung understood archetypes as universal, archaic patterns and images that derive from personal unconscious.

Answer 12

False - he believed they derived from collective unconscious.

Question 13

True or False:

Freud believed we dream to fulfill and examine our wishes.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

According to Freud, how can having a sex dream with someone other than are partner affect us?

Answer 14

The dream will help us increase or social attachment bond which could help us gain more love therefore fulfilling our wish for love and attention.

Question 15

True or False:

Some scientists believe we dream to forget things.

Answer 15

False - some believe we dream to remember because it consolidates our memory.

Question 16

Can taking a nap after a task improve or worsen our next attempt?

Answer 16

Improve

Question 17

True or False:

Some scientists believe we are rehearsing while we dream.

Answer 17

True - this is known as “primitive instinct” rehearsal theory - we practice skills at night to help us accomplish goals.

Question 18

True or False:

Some scientists believe we dream heal.

Answer 18

True - we can see traumatic events in our dreams easier than when we are awake.

Question 19

True or False:

Some scientists believe we dream to avoid problems.

Answer 19

False - there are no rules in dreams and you can think outside of the box, making problem solving a little easier.