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Analytic Theory
Carl Jung
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Psychology
Graduate
10/05/2009

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carl jung
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student of freud; created analytic theory; believed Freud placed too much emphasis on the libido, believed the psyche was directed toward life and awareness; criticized as being too mystical
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psyche in analytic theory
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directed toward life and awareness; contains conscious and unconscious; unconsious contains personal and collective
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unconscious in analytic theory
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contains the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious
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personal unconscious
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material from an individuals own experiences; can become conscious
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collective unconscious
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dynamics of the psyche inherited from ancestors; common to all people and contains archetypes
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archetype
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universally meaningful concepts, passed down through the collective unconscious since the beginning of man; allow us to organize our experiences with consisten themes; indicated by cross cultural similarity
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persona
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archetype; person's outer mark, mediator to external world; symbolized by masks
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shadow
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archetype; a person's dark side, often projected onto others; symbolized by demons and evil spirits
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anima
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archetype; female elements that a man possesses; complements his maleness
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animus
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archetype; male elements that a female posesses; complements her femaleness
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self
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archetype; full individual potential; symbolized in cultures by figures such as buddha, jesus, mandala
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abnormal theory in analytic theory
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signal that there is something wrong with the makeup of individual's psyche
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analytic therapy
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addresses unconscious elementl explored through analysis of dreams, artwork, personal symbols; goal is for unconscious to become more aware
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