Jungian Psychology

By: Amy, Jessica, Hannah and Emily

Who is the man behind the science?

• Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Jungian psychology.

• Jung devoted his studies to the exploration of the unconscious human mind while working in a hospital with Schizophrenic patients.

•He believed that the world of dream, myth, and folklore were the promising roads to deeper understanding and meaning.

So what is Jungian Psychology?

The main goal of Jungian psychology was attaining self

understanding through individuation

Aspects of Jungian

Psychology:• Unconscious• Self-realization• Complexes• Four archetypes and psychological types.

“One must be open to the parts of oneself beyond one’s own ego”.

-Carl Jung

Self-realizationSelf-realizationSelf-realization is achieved

through:

• Individualization: the process of becoming an individual.

Two tiers:

1. First half of lives: separate from humanity.

2. Second half of lives: reconcile with human race. Contribute to humanity.

Goal: apotheosis

Without: Neurotic symptoms (phobias, depression, etc.)

CHARACTERS:

• Heathcliff

• Linton Heathcliff

• Catherine I Earnshaw/Linton

• Catherine II Linton/Heathcliff

• Lockwood

• Nelly Dean

• Hareton Earnshaw

• Isabella Linton/Heathcliff

• Edgar Linton

• Hindley Earnshaw

• Joseph

First Half: Secluded

Second Half: Charitable

ComplexesComplexes

• Complex (noun): “a system of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, feelings, memories, and impulses that is usually repressed and that gives rise to abnormal or pathological behavior.”

• Basically, major events in the past influence one’s actions in the future.

• Assumes that many important parts of ones personality are in the unconscious.

A Few Complexes of Wuthering Heights A Few Complexes of Wuthering Heights CharactersCharacters

Mysterious Orphan Complex:

• Heathcliff

• Linton Heathcliff

Attractive Female Complex:

• Catherine I

• Catherine II

Manipulated Lover Complex:

• Isabella Linton

• Edgar Linton

Servant Upbringing Complex:

• Nelly Dean

• Joseph

• Hareton Earnshaw

• Young Heathcliff

Secluded Child Complex:

• Hareton Earnshaw

• Hindley Earnshaw

The Unconscious The Unconscious

The UnconsciousThe Unconscious

• Unconscious experiences such as dreams are thought to show ideas, beliefs, and feelings.

• These feelings are often not yet addressed in the conscious.

• Expressed in metaphors.

What is the significance of Lockwood’s dream? What is it a metaphor for?

“Begone!" I shouted; "I'll never let you in -- not if you beg for twenty years." "It is twenty years," mourned the voice -- "twenty years. I've been a waiting for twenty years!" Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward. I tried to jump up, but could not stir a limb, and so yelled aloud in a frenzy of fright."

Psychic Functions:

The Four Basic

Functions:Sensation- Perceiving through sense organs

Intuition- Perceiving in an unconscious way

Thinking- Forming logical conclusions

Feeling- Subjective estimation

So You Think You’re Smarter Than Carl Jung?

Today’s Challenge: Name That Psychic Function

Supernatural

Edition! Supernatural

Edition!

So You Think You’re Smarter Than Carl

Jung?

“What had played Jabe’s part in the row? Merely the branch of a fir-tree that touched

my lattice, as the blast wailed by, and rattled its dry cones against the panes!”

So You Think You’re Smarter Than Carl

Jung?

“My fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand”

So You Think You’re Smarter Than Carl

Jung?

“The intense horror of nightmare came over me”

So You Think You’re Smarter Than Carl

Jung?

“… detected the disturber, then turned and dosed, and dreamt

again”

So You Think You’re Smarter Than Carl

Jung?

“I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window”

The Archetypes

Self Persona

Anima/Animus

Shadow

• A theme often represented through mythological figures.

• Center of Individualization.

• “Although a person is a collection of all the archetypes…the self is what makes that person an I. The self cannot exist without the other archetypes and the other archetypes cannot exist without the self.”

• The ideal form someone wishes to be.

Self (Archetype)Self (Archetype)

Anima and Animus (Archetype)

• “Soul Image”

• Anima= Feminine • Animus= Masculine

• One of the most significant complexes

• It typically appears in dreams, and influences a man’s interactions and attitudes toward women, and vice versa for a woman with men.

• The face that is put on for the world.

• It is seen as a mask.

• The breakdown of the persona constitutes the typically Jungian moment in therapy when the persona – breaks down and allows the true self to come through.

Persona (Archetype)

Shadow Archetype

Definition: repressed qualities of the conscious self. • Interaction with the shadow: Denial, projection, integration, and assimilation.

“His reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling—to manifestations of mutual kindliness… No. I’m running too fast. I bestow my own attributes over liberally on him.”

“Do you mark those two lines between your eyes; and those thick brows, that, instead of rising arched, sink in the middle; and that couple of black fiends, so deeply buried, who never open their windows boldly, but lurk glinting under them, like devil's spies?”

What Would You Do?

Jungian Style

Scenario One:

Scenario Two:

Scenario Three:

Scenario Four:

Scenario Five:

Scenario Six:

Scenario Seven:

What is an Extrovert?•Outgoing personality.

• Loves to socialize.

• Talkative and blunt.

• Make new friends with ease.

•Are often assertive and confrontational.

• Has large quantities of friends in many different groups.

What is an Introvert?

•Has only a few close friends.

• Does not share feelings easily.

• Does more listening than talking.

• Likes creative or imaginative play.

• Likes solitary activities, like reading, or activities with only a few people.

Young Catherine and Heathcliff

Old Catherine and Heathcliff

Young Isabella and Edgar

Older Isabella and Edgar

Hareton Cathy and Linton

Lockwood, Hindley and Nelly

Conclusion