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Name: Joe Aris S. Evangelista Subject: Theories of Personality Chapter: 3

Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology

Are you curious about how our mind works? Want to learn more? Once you start to

understand how your mind functions, you can use it more effectively to help you achieve your

goals. We all have two halves to our minds: the conscious mind and the unconscious mind, and

I want to start by inviting you to think about this. People frequently refer to our conscious mind

as the rational and linear mind. Our conscious mind is the area of the brain, on the other hand

the unconscious mind serves as a storage area, a "cauldron" of instinctive desires and impulses

that the preconscious area channels and suppresses. There is a branch of psychology that

emphasizes the idea that both conscious and unconscious ideas and perceptions influence a

person's attitudes and behavior. Dr. Carl Jung created analytical psychology in the early 1900s.

Dr. Sigmund Freud, known as the "Father of Psychoanalysis," had Jung as a student, friend,

and coworker. Analytical psychology also emphasizes the need of preserving a healthy balance

between opposing dynamics within the personality as well as the psychological contributions

of race and culture. It is important for us to be aware on how both conscious and unconscious

mind works because part of our unconscious mind had a role in shaping our attitude which

subsequently affects our conscious mind. On this reflection we will discuss the life of Carl

Jung, explain the systems of personality and its development. Explain how the word

association, system analysis, and dream analysis are used for assessment.

Jung's intricate and unique perspective on the human personality has had significant

impact on a variety of academic fields, especially psychiatry, sociology, economics, and

politics religion, philosophy, and science. The Rorschach inkblot test and other so-called lie-
detection methods were developed as a result of the word-association test, which later became

a common projective technique. Today's psychology is mostly in agreement with the ideas of

psychological complexes and introverted versus extraverted personalities. Although these

formulations are significant, the psychologists weren't overly excited about the majority of

Jung's theories.

Carl Jung was born in Switzerland with an unhappy childhood, he is close to his father

but considered him weak and powerless. Jung decided to major in psychiatry while studying

medicine at the University of Basel. Jung afterwards established a private clinical practice and

provided instruction at the University of Zurich. In 1907, when Jung and Sigmund Freud started

working together, Jung had already done a good job of building his own professional profile.

Jung was chosen by Freud as his Prince of Wales, heir apparent. The two men continued to be

close for a while. As opposed to Freud's hopefully, Jung wasn't a blind follower. Jung's views

and viewpoints were his own, and they were, it was obvious that when he started to articulate

these ideas about the human personality they would split up. Jung and Freud experienced

neurotic episodes about the same time. By delving into his dreams, which served as the

foundation for his personality theory, Freud found the answer. Jung by engaging his

unconscious and exploring his unconscious, overcame his issue, fantasies, and dreams. He

came to the conclusion that the most important personality stage contrary to what Freud

thought, middle age, when development took place, was the time of Jung's personal crisis. His

writings gained a following, and his analytical psychology gained more adherents.

The basis of Jung’s System, Psychic Energy. In two different contexts, Jung used the

term "libido": first, as a broad and all-encompassing life force; and second, from a perspective

akin to Freud's, as a more focused psychic force that supports the activities of the personality,

which he called the psyche. According to Jung, these psychic energy rules provide a person

with either equilibrium or balance inside their psyche. When it came to mental energy, Jung
proposed that there is a propensity for the personality to preserve equilibrium or balance.

According to Jung, the entire personality, or psyche, is made up of various unique systems or

features that can interact with one another. Eight psychological types were developed by Jung

based on the interplay between the two attitudes and four functions. In Jung's theory, the

personal unconscious is analogous to Freud's idea of the preconscious. filings increase as more

people do so, People start to categorize the events they find in their own inner unconscious into

what Jung called complexes. The collective unconscious is the lowest and least accessible

dimension of the psyche. These are common experiences passed down from earlier ancestors.

Jung thought that the collective unconscious is where all of humans as a species stores the

experiences of all human and pre-human ancestors, just as individuals gather and store all of

their particular experiences in the personal unconscious. Ancient memories from the collective

unconscious are made explicit by Jung referred to these recurrent themes or patterns as

archetypes. The persona archetype represents a mask that people use in public settings to

present themselves as someone other than who they truly are. The animus archetype is a

representation of the masculine qualities of the female mind. The male psyche has elements of

femininity (the anima archetype). A majority of the evil and enigmatic name of this powerful

archetype, shadow, encompasses its roots are the deepest of any archetype since it embodies

the most fundamental, animal inclinations. Not only the source of both good and bad, as well

as life, spontaneity, creativity, and passion, is the shadow. In contrary, the self-archetype stands

for the coherence, harmony, and integration of the entire psyche.

Analytical psychology sets itself apart by emphasizing the significance of symbolic

experiences in human life and adopting a forward-looking perspective on the problems raised

in therapy. This means that while a person's past experiences are very important for

comprehending their present situation, the same circumstances also hold the potential for

further growth and development. Individualization is what Jung called the aim of Jungian
analysis. The term "individuation" describes the development of a higher level of awareness of

a person's entire range of psychological, interpersonal, and cultural experiences. Two profound

levels of psychological functioning that can shape, color, and occasionally undermine a

person's experience of life were discovered by Jung. Jung acknowledged the significance of

early life experiences and the personal complexes that result from life disruptions, both of

which are found in the individual's unconscious, along with Freud. However, Jung's unique

insight was his realization that people are also impacted by unconscious forces that exist

outside of their own experiences and are more universal in nature. He referred to these elements

as archetypes, which together make up the collective unconscious and generate the more

universal stories, myths, and religious events that influence the broader framework of human

experience. The goal of the analytical process is to bring these elements—both private and

public—into consciousness so that the person can better understand the forces at work in his

or her life. This is the process of individuation, which has the overall objective of giving the

person the tools necessary to reshape their life. The notion of having a purpose for one's life to

be directed toward is implicit in Jung's interpretation of the archetypes in particular.

Jung's methods for evaluating the operation of the mind draw from both science and the

supernatural, leading to a mystical and objective perspective. He developed his based on his

patient's desires and visions, as well as his investigations into alchemy, astrology, and old

languages. His patient sessions were unusual and often a mess. Jung viewed his patients'

delusions as real because he thought they were true cost. When a participant answers to a

stimulus word with any term, this is known as the word-association test. term quickly springs

to mind, has turned into a common laboratory and clinical tool in psychology. Jung employed

word associations to help his patients identify their complexes. The focus of symptom analysis

is on the symptoms that the patient has reported, and it is based on the according to Jung, a

person's free associations with certain symptoms. In his approach to dream interpretation, Jung
was more interested in issues than just the reasons behind dreams. He thought dreams were

more than just subconscious desires. First, dreams help people prepare for experiences and

events they think will happen because they are prospective.

Does Carl Jung’s methods really acceptable for the community? Using both science

and supernatural which leads to mystical and objective perspective. In the end, Carl Jung is the

father of analytical psychology, that concerns with the aspirations and goals of individuals.

Jung believed that goals and objectives influenced people just as much as sex and hostility did.
Reference:

Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2017). Theories of Personality 11th edition. 81 - 107