The Influences On Carl Jung's Work

“He who looks outside dreams. And he who looks inside awakens.” -Jung Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who developed the concepts of extroverted and introverted personalities, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychology, religion, and literature for many years. Jung has changed the way we see things today with his theories on introverts and extroverts, archetypes, and the collective unconscious.
Jung was born July 26, 1875 in Switzerland. He had a lonely childhood and spent time observing his parents and teachers to try and understand their behavior. Instead of becoming a clergyman, Jung attended the University of Basel. He then became an assistant physician, and obtained his M.D. from the University of Zurich. Through this work,
Most people believe that we have two (or more) personalities and that we choose which one to display based on the people they are around or where they are at. Around certain people you can choose to be very outgoing and social, or you can choose to be quite, nervous, and withdrawn. It all has to do with where you are and how you feel you should come off. Most people also comply with the personal unconscious, saying how out of all the things we acquire in life we do forget some of it, and even repress it. Jung’s explanation of “persona” is well known too. The social mask people wear to protect their “real self” is something everyone does and in a way, relates back to introvert and extrovert personalities. Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious which contains all the memory traces common to humankind is a little out there. Saying that we all share the same memories is a very scary topic but who’s to say it is untrue. Some people say they can almost relate to this in some ways. Sometimes the most bizarre things turn out to be real and most found this part of his theory very