Carl Jung's Theory Of Analytical Psychology

With his split from Freud in 1913, Carl Jung went on to develop his theory of Analytical Psychology that made him an important forerunner of the humanist movement in psychology. While his theory has been deemed quite unusual and difficult to understand, it is nevertheless important in the development of modern day psychology. While Freud believed that the sex instinct was virtually the primary determinant of behavior, Jung thought that the development of behavior had to consist of more than that of the sexual urges. This original disagreement was the primary trigger between their split, where Jung desired to create a view of psychology that held human dreams and spiritual necessities as important contributors to personality development (Ryckman, …show more content…
The obvious difference is that the anima, although residing in men, is the female archetype, and the animus is the male archetype in women. Another difference is how their specific characteristics are viewed in the public eye. The anima, or male archetype, displays reason, social insensitivity, and logic. The animus, or female archetype, shows vanity, emotionality, irrationality, and intuition. Interestingly, their characteristic appearance is similar to that of cultural gender stereotypes. Some similarities of the anima and animus is that both have the capability to be constructive or destructive. Finally, they both are typically projected onto real-life objects, such as one’s lover (Ryckman, …show more content…
The two main attitudes that Jung has derived are introversion and extraversion. Those with extraversion tendencies are more outgoing, confident, and accomodating, whereas those that are introverted tend to be more hesitant, defensive, and reflective. However, it is not an either/or situation. According to Jung, most people have a combination of these two attitudes. His typology is based off of the flow of the libido through the mind, resulting in four major types: thinking, sensing, intuiting, and feeling (Ryckman, 2013). Jung separated these four types into two categories, irrational and rational functions. The irrational functions are sense and intuition. Sense is the initial experience of a phenomena and intuition is the ability to rely on hunches in situations where facts are limited. Thinking and feeling are the rational functions. Thinking is the understanding through logic and reason and feeling is able to give an evaluation on whether a situation is good or bad. These four types gave way to eight sub-types. The extroverted thinking type who is often harsh and indifferent. The extroverted feeling type who is boisterous and outgoing. The extroverted sensation type who is sensual and generally happy. The extroverted intuitive type who is often seen as a