Anima and animus

Based on Jung’s personality theory, people are conceived with predispositions due to the racial and cultural history of their ancestors (Hall & Gardner, 1957). These inclinations help in guiding future behaviors and are altered based on different experiences that a person may encounter. Therefore, people are born as wholes or at least partially complete with regards to their personality, yet this wholeness is something that an individual has to work on for the duration of their life since it…

Psychodynamic Perspective Definition: Psychodynamic approach was originally called Freud’s psychoanalysis, but in the recent years this perspective comes on a large scale with the development of Adler’s, Jung and Erikson’s theory. Both words are often intermingled with each other. Notice that psychoanalytic approach consist if only Freud’s theory but the Psychodynamic approach consist of all the four theories given by different scientists. The psychoanalytic approach is both the treatment and…

Interview with personality theorists, Horney & Jung. Horney: 1. What do you think Freud "just didn't get" about the psychology of women? I disagreed with Freud’s views of women. Freud felt strongly that women had “penis envy”, and were jealous of the simple fact that men had a penis. Freud believed that because of this, women were inferior to men. I disagreed, and introduced my own concept, “Womb envy” (Shultz &Shultz, 2009). If anyone had a reason to be envious, it was men, for their inability…

This paradigm is how one in their mind associates themselves as the opposite sex. When a women encompasses male characteristics in her unconscious this is known as the animus concept. The same with men, when a male consists of women attributes this is categorized as an anima archetype. When thinking about this architype in a cultural perspective it makes sense regarding how we face gender roles in today’s time. Men are often frowned upon for expressing something a woman…

Defining Myth Many scholars interpret theories of myth differently. Because of the variety of tales told in myths, it is hard to narrow it down to one established definition. Its’ Greek origin suggests myths are stories narrated either by mouth or through other media such as art, drama, or music. For this reason, myths can be applied universally due to their broadness. Legends, folktales, and fairytales are often confused with myths and for that reason many who study mythology attempt to…

“A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner about a psychotic woman by the name of Emily Grierson. Emily appears to be greatly separated from the reality of life and proves to be depressed and lonely due to past life circumstances. After the death of her father and the series of unfortunate events she experiences throughout her life, Emily deals with her pain by residing in a world filled with sorrow and depression. Unfortunately, not being able to overcome her life…

I believe that personality is a trait that determines who you are as a person. Many Psychology theorists such as Dr. Sigmund Freud, Dr. Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Raymond B. Cattell and Hans J. Eysenck, Karen Horney, and David Buss believe that support my argument for the personality theory. But theorists like Gordon Allport and Erik Erikson did not support my argument. Their concepts have shaped my view of personality development into what it is today. But based on their theories and my personal…

There are eight archetypes identified as essential in making a film and do not have to be mutually exclusive and include: anima, animus, mentor, mother, shadow, hero’s departure, hero’s initiation, hero’s return (Chang et al., 2013). The predictability can be identified with the overuse of an archetype. However, the complexity of using just one archetype at time for specified sequence…

Freud: The way Freud interpreted dreams was based on free association. He would have his patients give associations to everything in their dream. He had three important rules for when he interpreted dreams. His first rule was that one should not focus on the surface meaning of the dream and that the hidden meaning is what one is looking for. His second rule focused on giving substitutions for every dream element and not focusing on the element itself. His third and final rule was to keep…

which leads to labeling of archetypes and symbols. Jung believed, “Archetypes are pathways from the collective unconscious to the conscious, which may lead to an action” (2012, p. 88). The archetypes of personality are persona, meaning mask, anima and animus represent quality of the opposite sex, shadow is the unacceptable personal impulses, and self is the energy. Symbols are the content and outward expression of archetypes. Jung amplified the meaning of symbols in dreams to apply meaning. …