Carl Jung's Life and Theories

Carl Jung, born in 1875, had a religious upbringing. His father was a pastor, and Jung experienced family conflict, leading to isolation and reliance on dreams, visions, and fantasies.

Jung created a wooden figure as a refuge and confidante during childhood emotional distress.

Jung believed his personality had two parts: a schoolboy self and a wise old man self, the latter being about 100 years older.

Jung was a doctor who developed a relationship with Freud after reading "The Interpretation of Dreams".

Jung and Freud initially collaborated, with Jung serving as president of the Psychoanalytic Society. The relationship fractured due to Jung's critique of Freud's focus on psychosexual development.

Jung's disagreement with Freud's emphasis on sex, particularly in America, led to their split. Jung considered this period to be "dark years" and developed his own theory.

Freud was invited to America to present psychoanalysis, possibly by Stanley Hall.

Jung's theory of personality emphasized the ego, collective unconscious, personal unconscious, and archetypes.

The general biological life energy powering psychological growth; a creative force, not just sexual or aggressive energy.

The main sexual and aggressive force or energy.

The psychic energy (libido) in a person remains constant; energy changes form but not total amount.

The energy source for all physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.

Two aspects of a person that use psychic energy (libido).

Total energy in a system remains constant.

Jung believed Freud overemphasized sex and unconscious motives, leading to conflict and separation from Freud.

The energy source of the mind, equal to or synonymous to libido

The tendency for different components within the psyche (like conscious and unconscious) to balance their energy levels. It's how the psyche seeks equilibrium.

Similar to Newton's laws, this principle suggests that in the human psyche, opposites exist and are essential. Conscious and unconscious, rational and irrational, introvert and extrovert are examples.

The conscious part of us, responsible for thinking, feeling, remembering, and perceiving. It's what we experience as 'ourselves'.

A reservoir of repressed, forgotten, or unclear memories, often emotionally charged. Jung called these clusters of thoughts 'complexes'.

A cluster of personally disturbing ideas tied together by strong emotions like the mother complex or the power complex.

Universal, shared experiences, memories, and ideas inherited from our ancestors across millions of years. Jung called these ancestral experiences 'archetypes'.

Universal patterns of thought and behavior inherited from our ancestors, found in myths, stories, and dreams. They represent basic human experiences.