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Analytical Psychology
He was a follower of Freud’s, but as more time passed he began to disagree with Freud.
o Complex
o Archetypes
o Jung believed in stage theory also, but he took development beyond adolescence.
o He believed that we continue to develop into old age.
o His belief was that major personality changes occurred in middle age.
o Jung also had a more optimistic view of how we develop. He believed that the past influences us, but the future is also very influential.
o Jung was one of the first people to take psychology into the spiritual realm. |
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an emotional core or pattern of emotions that are housed in the personal unconscious
personal unconscious is his name for Freud’s unconscious
Organized around a common thing and your experiences.
Example: inferiority complex – a general theme where a lot of your energy and feelings about yourself tie into feelings of insecurity |
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images of universal experience that are contained in the collective unconscious.
Persona
The Anima
• The Animus
The Shadow
The Self |
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• means “a mask” in Greek terms.
• It is the public self, the mask that we put on when we attempt to deal with the world around us.
• The more closely our persona approximates the real self within us, the more the energy flows and the healthier we are. |
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| • the feminine energy found in the male psyche. |
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| the male energy found in the female psyche. |
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• signifies our dark side of our personality.
• We all have a dark side; it is part of our species.
• When we repress our dark side, we are putting our energy out of balance. |
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| • the self is the unity of your essence, the harmony of your total personality. If the self and the persona are congruent, your energy will flow more. |
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| - a condition of psychological health when unconscious and conscious forces align themselves. |
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| Jung - Importance of Dreams |
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o Differed from Freud which analyzed the dreams himself
o Jung would have you interpret your own dreams
o Have you to look at the latent content
o Themes meant more, especially those that are reoccurring |
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| Jung - Phenomena of Opposites |
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| o Balancing out, if any area is void then more will move to the empty |
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| Jung - Energy Distribution |
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o Should be able to be applied to all aspect, life energy, body energy, etc
o One area he disagreed with was Freud’s emphasis on sexuality in comparison to energy. Jung believed that energy was more general. |
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| o The major area of disagreement was the unconscious. Jung accepted Freud’s basic idea of the unconscious, but Jung believed in a deeper level of the unconsciousness which was known as the collective unconscious. This is the part that holds our inherited characteristics and our inherited experiences. |
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o Assessment looking at how you are compatible in certain situations
o Popularly used in business and communications |
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o Have to be around people, feed on the social contact
o Like to be in the center of everything |
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o Often times extremely introspective
o Spend a lot of time in their head and intellectualize
o More at risk for depression |
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- Close to Freud, advocate of Freudian Psychology, but didn’t believe everything Freud said
- Created own branch after breaking away from Freud called Individual Psychology
- Shaped by unique social experiences and interactions, not so much the biological and physiological needs.
- Very ill as a child, almost died a couple of times so his mother pampered and spoiled him, he was handicapped in some ways.
- Focus on children and how they center themselves in the world
- Many consider him the father of guidance counseling with children
- Theory worked very well with children and special populations, as long as there is no mental impairment |
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o upper level of unconscious
o Inferiority complex
o Superiority complex
o Striving for superiority
o Style of Life |
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coined term by Alder
developed by people who aren’t able to compensate for normal inferiority feelings
believed everyone of us has experiences that tie into inferiority
we deal with it in all different ways |
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| overcompensate for feelings of inferiority |
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| o Striving for superiority |
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The human urge toward perfection or completion
This is what motivates us |
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We all have style for how we are getting through life and a theme that fits with it
There is some sort of meaning in this
Dominant Style
Getting type:
Avoiding type:
o taking your understanding and putting it into your standard of living
o All three of these have a hard time cooperating with others, they lack social interest. |
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• Very authoritative, controlling, and dominant not very much social awareness
• Their needs comes first kind of narcastic
• Extremes include sociopaths, juvenile delinquents, sadists, alcoholics, drug abusers, etc |
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| your confidence in being able to do a task |
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| the most type, dependent, expects to receive satisfaction from others. If you marry a getter, your expected to take care of them. |
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| • the kind of person who makes no attempt to face life’s problems, by avoiding the difficulty the avoid failure. |
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o Motivated people, who make changes in their world, help life better, good providers.
o We hope individuals develop social interest
o We all strive for superiority to lead us to this |
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| - The Family constellation |
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o A way of looking at a family is like a star system, every member is a star, positioning themselves in some way to shine.
o Adler spent a lot to time on the positioning of family
o A position of an only child is front stage center
o One of the worst things to do to a child is to pamper them
o A healthy family is like a wheel, each member has a spoke, equal weight
This is important because if you don’t, too much weight on one spoke will break the wheel, you will have a dysfunctional family. |
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o An oldest child will be attracted to a younger child.
o Less likely to divorce, the risks are:
o The rescue often leads to confidence problems
o The oldest will hang on longer to the relationship; the youngest will leave first, looking for someone else to take care of them.
o You don’t want to feel like you’re in bed with your parent |
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have high control needs
they can be authorities
serve as role models
love to be close to Mom and Dad in expectations
very likely to be individuals to suffer from anxiety-type A personality-depression
Overachievers
Perfectionists
anxiety disorders,
perform well in school |
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Keeps or holds on to the child like traits into adulthood
Immature-lazy-higher level of irresponsibility
Get stressed easy-gets rescued
Feels less self efficacy
The getter personality
Very wonderful/strong social skills-good with people |
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Are often extremely dependent and independent
Dependent because they are not around other kids that much
Better verbal skills
Extremely bright
Motivated academically
Do not feel comfortable with people their own age
Feels more comfortable with older people
Very territorial |
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| o Two youngest people get together |
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| Bills might not get paid |
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| o Two getters get together |
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| blocks the energy, someone will not be okay. |
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| o Two eldest people get together |
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| Too controlling, very serious |
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Often feel adopted but no one ever told them that
They really find a way to shine
They take on very different values from their family
Rebellious, want to buck the system
sometimes they chill out with school if older sibling was an overachiever |
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o Alder it is very important for children to feel like they belong
o Parents should establish a sense of democracy and equality |
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o Alder believed in the power of these, your behavior doesn’t have to change if there are no consequences
o Natural phenomena that occurs
o Example: if you don’t take care of a toy, and it breaks
Are stronger, not manipulated |
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o Construct the most logical consequence that would fit in the case there isn’t a natural one occurring.
o It should seem like a natural consequence
o Example: good kids doing a criminal activity and they get scared by the police |
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- Recognition
- Attention
- Power
- Revenge
- Inadequacy |
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| o they like it but we don’t need it |
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o The most powerful goal, have to have it
o When are they needing it an a negative way
o How to deal with it
Ask yourself, How are you feeling when they misbehave?
You feel irritated and annoyed
If you feel this way, you should ignore the behavior, they want the attention so don’t feed it.
o Parents feel annoyed |
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o If attention gets reinforced it can escalate into power
o Have to have control and a sense of being top dog
o Power struggles
Kids always win in power struggles
Adult wins the battle, but the kid wins the war
Must set up logical consequences, how you say things to your kids, watch your non verbal cues, don’t get angry.
o Parents feel angry |
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o Kids think, I only count if I can hurt you by inflicting pain, and that feels good to me
o Parents feel hurt |
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o Child feels they only exist through their powerless
o Not trying to do anything to you
o Parents feel helpless and hopeless
o Focus on the child’s strength |
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