Compare And Contrast Freud Vs Jung
Viridiana Arias
Psychology
7 Dec. 16
Freud vs Jung
Jung and Freud are both well known in the world of psychology. Both studied dreams and the reasons why we have them but both took different directions. Jung took looked for more symbolism and meanings behind dreams. Freud took a more scientific route and believed dreams to have a more primal meaning. Their different ideas seems to be what drove them apart. In 1912 Jung publicly criticized Freud's theories, thus beginning an endless feud. Although they they did not get along, both offered intricate theories that are still debated.
One argument that Freud presented was that the human psyche was not a single mind, but split into three parts consisting of ID, ego, and superego. It was his way of saying that the human mind was highly complex. The ID can be described as instinct or just the biological components we are born with. Ego keeps us in reality and is the decision making part of our personalities. Finally, superego tells us wrong from right through the view of society. He believed the superego is what controlled our ID, located in our unconscious mind, or the urges we wish to repress. Freud believed symbols were more personal than universal, a complete turn around from Jung's theorized. Jung theorized that there were some symbols the human race all shared. He created this …show more content…
Freud developed psychoanalysis, talk therapy, and the idea of the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind. All of which all still used and talked about. Jung coined the terms introvert and extrovert, wrote what the New York Times called "the holy grail of unconsciousness", and developed the idea of archetypes which some still use today. Sigmund Freud's more scientific approach and Carl Jung more spiritual approach contributed greatly to the discussion on dreams, something almost seemingly impossible to
Psychology
7 Dec. 16
Freud vs Jung
Jung and Freud are both well known in the world of psychology. Both studied dreams and the reasons why we have them but both took different directions. Jung took looked for more symbolism and meanings behind dreams. Freud took a more scientific route and believed dreams to have a more primal meaning. Their different ideas seems to be what drove them apart. In 1912 Jung publicly criticized Freud's theories, thus beginning an endless feud. Although they they did not get along, both offered intricate theories that are still debated.
One argument that Freud presented was that the human psyche was not a single mind, but split into three parts consisting of ID, ego, and superego. It was his way of saying that the human mind was highly complex. The ID can be described as instinct or just the biological components we are born with. Ego keeps us in reality and is the decision making part of our personalities. Finally, superego tells us wrong from right through the view of society. He believed the superego is what controlled our ID, located in our unconscious mind, or the urges we wish to repress. Freud believed symbols were more personal than universal, a complete turn around from Jung's theorized. Jung theorized that there were some symbols the human race all shared. He created this …show more content…
Freud developed psychoanalysis, talk therapy, and the idea of the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind. All of which all still used and talked about. Jung coined the terms introvert and extrovert, wrote what the New York Times called "the holy grail of unconsciousness", and developed the idea of archetypes which some still use today. Sigmund Freud's more scientific approach and Carl Jung more spiritual approach contributed greatly to the discussion on dreams, something almost seemingly impossible to