ANALYTIC THEORY

CARL JUNG
BIOGRAPHY
Born on June 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland
Hes close to his father
Hes mother was a more powerful parent
He grew up with 10 pastors.
In 1900 he became interest in etiology of schizophrenia.



In 1906 published the book The Psychology of Dementia Praecox a
psychoanalytic treatment of schizophrenia.
After a year collaborated with Freud in Vienna until 1913 The final
split, catalogue in Jungs Psychology of the Unconscious, include
his basic disagreement with Freud over the importance of sex
instincts


Between 1913 and 1917 he went into a mental crisis in his
own life that was precipitated by the break with Freud
He could no longer rely on Freuds approach to therapy and
that he needed to develop a new attitude or orientation
toward treatment

Jung began an attempt to probe secrets of his unconscious and to
unlock the mystery of his own personality
He eventually adopted a religious attitude toward life, in the sense
that he had a greater appreciation of life and its mysteries.
Individuation or self-realization process
He died on June 6 1961, at the age of 85

Components of Psyche
self
personal
ego
shadow
Structure of Personality
Personal Unconscious Collective Unconscious
Perceptions, thoughts,
feelings that are easily
retrieved
Universal thought forms or
predispositions to respond
Repressed or forgotten
individual experiences
Expressed as archetypes
Organized into complexes
Dynamics
Progression inclines a person to react consistently to a
given set of environmental conditions
Regression is a necessary backward step in the successful
attainment of a goal.
Principle of Equivalence states that energy is expended in bringing
about a certain condition. The energy expended will appear
elsewhere in the system.

Principle of Entropy states that distribution of energy in the
psyche seeks an equilibrium or balance.


INDIVIDUATION
SELF REALIZATION
ATTITUDES
Extraversion an attitude of the psyche characterized
by an orientation toward the external world and toward
other people
Introversion an attitude of the psyche characterized by
an orientation toward an individuals own thoughts and
feelings.

FUNCTIONS
Sensing tells people that something exists
Thinking enables them to recognize its meaning
Feeling tells them its value or worth
Intuiting allow them to know about it without knowing
how they know


STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
CHILDHOOD (BIRTH TO ADOLESCENCE) libidinal
energy is expected in learning to walk, talk, and
other skills necessary for survival. After the fifth
year, libidinal energy is directed towards sexual
activities, reaching its peak during adolescence.

YOUNG ADULTHOOD (ADOLESCENCE TO 40) libidinal
energy is directed towards learning a vocation, getting
married, raising children, and activities relating to
community life. The individual is outgoing, energetic,
impulsive and passionate.

MIDDLE AGE (FROM 40 TO LATER YEARS) - it is the most
important stage because the person is transformed from
an energetic, extroverted and biologically oriented
individual to one with a more sophisticated cultural,
philosophical, and spiritual sense of value.

STRENGTHS
Jungs theory was the first to discuss the process of
Self Actualization.
He was also the first emphasize the importance of the
future in determining human behavior.
He stressed the importance of purpose and meaning in life.

He stressed the attainment of selfhood as a master motive in
human behavior.
Has a clear biological orientation
Emphasizes highly the similarities among people
Generated a moderate amount of research

WEAKNESS
Jungs method was not systematic and put too much emphasis on
occultism, spiritualism, mysticism, and religion (areas commonly
regarded as irrational)
His theory has been attacked for being unscientific
incomprehensible, unclear, inconsistent, and contradictory.

His concept of self actualization was labeled as elitist, i.e.,
applicable only to highly intelligent, well educated persons with
plenty of leisure time to reach a degree of individualism necessary
for self actualization.
Nearly impossible to verify or falsify

Difficult to test empirically
Low rating on practicality
Low rating on parsimony
Neither optimistic or pessimistic

PSYCHOLOGICAL FIELDS
Psychotheraphy Four basic approaches
First, confession of a pathogenic agent
Second, interpretation, explanation, and elucidation (insight, too)
Third, education of the patient as social beings
Fourth, transformation of the patient into a healthy human

Dream Analysis (reflect variety of complexes and
concepts)
- Proof of the collective unconscious


Active Imagination (requires the person to begin with an
impression like a dream, image, vision, picture, fantasy,
and concentrate on it until the impression begins to
move). Follow the image and try to communicate with it
no matter

Word Association a test used by Jung to detect
complexes. The test is composed of a list of words; as
each word is presented, the patient responds with the
first word that comes to his or her mind. (Responses to
reveal complex)