Theory of Analytical Psychology
Running head: Theory of Analytical Psychology
Research Paper
PSYC 341 Carl Jung’s Theory of Analytical Psychology
Psychology of Personality
By
A. M. Barnett
January 17, 2006
Abstract
Carl Gustav Jung was bone July 26, 1875 (Feist and Feist, 2002). He was blessed to be surrounded by an educated family, including clergymen. Carl Jung as a young man was a colleague of Freud. His life’s work was exploring the unconscious. Freud’s theory of the unconscious made the unconscious sound unpleasant. It involved crazy desires, incestuous cravings, and frightening experiences that would come back to haunt a person. Based on Freud’s theory, one would understandably be terrified of making the unconscious conscious. Jung, equipped with a background in Freudian theory, and an infinite knowledge of mythology, religion, and philosophy, had the uncanny ability to make sense of the unconscious and its habit of revealing itself in symbolic form. Jung dreamed very lucid dreams and had occasional vision. Jung’s theory divided the psyche into the ego, the conscious mind, the personal unconscious, anything not presently conscious but can be, and the collective unconscious a kind of knowledge we are born with. Jung called the collective unconscious archetypes, which are similar to Freud’s theory of instincts. Jung’s theory of Analytical Psychology is prominent in the psychiatric field. His personality typology became very popular and was used to develop a paper-and pencil test call the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Two other personality measures are the Singer-Loomis Type Deployment Inventory and the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire. His original exploration of the phenomena of synchronicity evolved as a result of collaboration with Wolfgang Pauli. Jung’s idea of a mentally healthy person was one that was in touch with themselves, outer world, and one’s unconscious self. His theory of analytical psychology is used in cased studies and as
Research Paper
PSYC 341 Carl Jung’s Theory of Analytical Psychology
Psychology of Personality
By
A. M. Barnett
January 17, 2006
Abstract
Carl Gustav Jung was bone July 26, 1875 (Feist and Feist, 2002). He was blessed to be surrounded by an educated family, including clergymen. Carl Jung as a young man was a colleague of Freud. His life’s work was exploring the unconscious. Freud’s theory of the unconscious made the unconscious sound unpleasant. It involved crazy desires, incestuous cravings, and frightening experiences that would come back to haunt a person. Based on Freud’s theory, one would understandably be terrified of making the unconscious conscious. Jung, equipped with a background in Freudian theory, and an infinite knowledge of mythology, religion, and philosophy, had the uncanny ability to make sense of the unconscious and its habit of revealing itself in symbolic form. Jung dreamed very lucid dreams and had occasional vision. Jung’s theory divided the psyche into the ego, the conscious mind, the personal unconscious, anything not presently conscious but can be, and the collective unconscious a kind of knowledge we are born with. Jung called the collective unconscious archetypes, which are similar to Freud’s theory of instincts. Jung’s theory of Analytical Psychology is prominent in the psychiatric field. His personality typology became very popular and was used to develop a paper-and pencil test call the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Two other personality measures are the Singer-Loomis Type Deployment Inventory and the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire. His original exploration of the phenomena of synchronicity evolved as a result of collaboration with Wolfgang Pauli. Jung’s idea of a mentally healthy person was one that was in touch with themselves, outer world, and one’s unconscious self. His theory of analytical psychology is used in cased studies and as
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