Carl Jung - Psychoanalytic Theory

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• Carl Jung

• Psychoanalytic Theory (Object Relations):  Mental Illness & health determined by our relationships w/objects in our environment, both human and non-human.

• Personality largely unconscious. Psyche Divided into 3 Parts: 1. Ego = conscious mind 2. Personal Unconscious = anything not presently conscious but could be (includes memories, not instincts) 3. Collective Unconscious = reservoir of experiences as a species; knowledge we're born with.

• Archetypes: content of collective unconscious; expressed through dreams, fantasies, delusions. 1. Shadow - Hidden or unconscious aspects of oneself, both good and bad, which the ego has either repressed or never recognized. 2. Anima -  The inner feminine side of a man. 3. Animus - the archetype of reason and spirit in women. This is the male aspect of the female psyche, as the anima is the female aspect of male psyche. 4. Persona - the public image of someone. ***Myers-Briggs personality test based on Jung's theory.

• 4 Scales:   1. Extroversion - Introversion 2. Sensing - Intuiting 3. Thinking - Feeling 4. Judging - Perceiving