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Theories of Personality
Ch. 3- Analytic Psychology: Carl Jung
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
09/20/2010

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Jung's Model of the Psyche
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3 levels: conscious, unconscious, collective unconscious
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psychosynthesis
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balance in the psyche
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consciousness
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the ego, psychological types
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ego
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organization of conscious mind. "gate keeper." filter that helps us from being overwhelmed by stimuli.
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psychological types
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deeper expressions of psyche. includes basic attitudes and mental functions
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extraversion (basic attitude)
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focus attn on outer world.
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introversion (basic attitude)
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focus on internal world.
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thinking v feeling (mental fx)
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rely on logic/reasoning v personal values/beliefs
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sensing v intuitive (mental fx)
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present reality, detail oriented v meanings/possibilities, big picture
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personal unconscious
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storehouse of past experiences. includes non-conscious experiences and complexes
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complexes
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clusters of emotionally charged ideas. similar to fixation. can center around person, object, idea. obsession is easily noticed by others.
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power complex
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expend a lot of energy on things related to power i.e. dominating relationships, controlling, authority-seeking careers.
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youth complex
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obsession with looking, behaving young. one of the most common, since complexes usually center around asthetics
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word association technique
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person is given a word and asked to say first word that comes to mind. any delay = emotional tie to given word
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collective unconscious
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most controversial concept, hard to define. all people share certain types of roles and emotions, not dependent on the individual. includes archetypes and primordial images
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archetypes
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genetically inherited thought-forms. inherited predispositions.
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anima & animus
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psychological bi-sexuality. anima (feminine side of male), animus (masculine side of female). the 2 sides must be accepted. we carry around unconscious image of opposite sex.
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persona & the shadow
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healthy personality must accept having positive/negative sides. not overwhelmed when shadow comes out, overcome cultural supressions.
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persona
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public personality. conformity archetype, outward self, necessary for socialization, meet personal needs to some extent. can be harmful if person focuses on one particular role.
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shadow
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primitive impulses. we have to surpress shadow to some degree. cost to oversupressing shadow.
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the self
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striving for unification. on-going process, does not emerge until middle age. self-development is universal -> mandalla.
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primordial images
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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16 different types: basic attitudes(extra/intro) (judging/perceiving) & mental fxs (thinking/feelings) (sensing/intuiting)
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interactions among structures of personality
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3 interactions: compensation, opposition, transcendence
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compensation
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balance. illustrated in extra/intro
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opposition
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tension from conflicts, how do we deal with them internally? creates E
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transcendence
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can be union of opposites -> leads to harmony
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