The Similarities And Differences Of Raymond Cattell And Carl Jung

Carl Jung was a man who although greatly opposed most of Freud’s beliefs seemed to take a lot of what Freud had developed but improved it as he saw fit. Jung was very concerned with both the future and the past and he believed that was the core to personality. He believed personality is determined by what we hope to be as well as by what we have been in the past. Interestingly, Jung took a very strong stance on the role the unconscious has in developing the personality. He put more emphasis on the unconscious than Freud did. Whenever Jung was faced with any problems he would look to his dreams and visions to help answer his dilemmas. To have a greater understanding of Jung as a person we must look at his upbringing. He had a rough and unhappy childhood. He was exposed to lots of family deaths and a mother who although was the power parent was very emotional instable and had irrational behavior. This lead to Jung questioning his mother and also other women in the future. Jung also saw his father as powerless and weak. Jung had a greater interest in his own theories and views rather than what he learned in school so for a while he put very little effort into school work. Years later he decided to pursue psychiatry in hopes of …show more content…
Even if you may not agree with certain theorists it is important to education yourself on the different views because they do relate to everyday life. Once you have a better understanding of different personality theories you gain the ability to understand yourself and others at a higher level. You are able to gain a greater appreciation for individual differences and realize why certain people may react certain ways. This will not only make you a person more knowledgeable for psychological purposes it will also make you a better, well rounded