Jessica Guzman
PSYC 385
Carl Gustav Jung is a neo-analytic theorist who is well known for his ideas of the human mind. The neo-analytic approach that Jung follows is a form of psychology that uses people’s egos and personality to form a basis for the human mind. Jung refers to the human mind as the psyche, which he believes is divided into three parts: 1) The conscious ego, 2) The personal unconscious and 3) The collective unconscious. He proposed the idea that humans contain a series of inborn archetypes. As defined by Carl Jung, archetypes are emotional symbols that are common to all people and have been formed since the beginning of time (Freidman & Schustack, 2012). This paper will discuss one of Jung’s well-known archetypes: Persona. …show more content…
This in turn only shows the socially acceptable parts of their lives and often times an exaggerated lifestyle, which contributes to a boost in their ego. As a society, many people have been conditioned to keep negative aspects of their lives personal, no one wants to show the bad side or create and unflattering narrative of their everyday lives. This provides support to Jung’s persona archetype that many people just put on a socially acceptable front to be presented on social media. With social media being such a big influence now it has the ability to build or break peoples psyches (Andreassen et al., …show more content…
However, it can also be seen in everyday life contexts as far as our emotional reactions to everyday things. How one acts at home versus on social media explains the idea within Jung’s persona archetype that we like to portray a likable aspect of ourselves to others regardless of the reality (Jung, 2012). Social media allows the ideal persona to be shown without much effort. People are in control of what they post and therefore can paint whatever picture they would like. Most often times, this picture in not a depicted reality but rather a publically accepted front to contribute to their ego. How we handle ourselves in different situations and learn to adapt is a form of the persona archetype. Social media outlets are predominately one sided and happy go lucky. This is an example of the socially accepted aspect that is encouraged by society. This archetype has the ability to force certain behaviors on people all over the world (Jung, 2012). This is why social media is a great example of persona and how as a society we learn to conform to the socially acceptable aspects discussed in Jung’s theory. Social media has many different types of people, races, and backgrounds all striving for the same thing, social acceptance. Which can be gathered through a display of their socially accepted fronts. An inborn tendency to fit in and be liked regardless of our true reality (Jung,
PSYC 385
Carl Gustav Jung is a neo-analytic theorist who is well known for his ideas of the human mind. The neo-analytic approach that Jung follows is a form of psychology that uses people’s egos and personality to form a basis for the human mind. Jung refers to the human mind as the psyche, which he believes is divided into three parts: 1) The conscious ego, 2) The personal unconscious and 3) The collective unconscious. He proposed the idea that humans contain a series of inborn archetypes. As defined by Carl Jung, archetypes are emotional symbols that are common to all people and have been formed since the beginning of time (Freidman & Schustack, 2012). This paper will discuss one of Jung’s well-known archetypes: Persona. …show more content…
This in turn only shows the socially acceptable parts of their lives and often times an exaggerated lifestyle, which contributes to a boost in their ego. As a society, many people have been conditioned to keep negative aspects of their lives personal, no one wants to show the bad side or create and unflattering narrative of their everyday lives. This provides support to Jung’s persona archetype that many people just put on a socially acceptable front to be presented on social media. With social media being such a big influence now it has the ability to build or break peoples psyches (Andreassen et al., …show more content…
However, it can also be seen in everyday life contexts as far as our emotional reactions to everyday things. How one acts at home versus on social media explains the idea within Jung’s persona archetype that we like to portray a likable aspect of ourselves to others regardless of the reality (Jung, 2012). Social media allows the ideal persona to be shown without much effort. People are in control of what they post and therefore can paint whatever picture they would like. Most often times, this picture in not a depicted reality but rather a publically accepted front to contribute to their ego. How we handle ourselves in different situations and learn to adapt is a form of the persona archetype. Social media outlets are predominately one sided and happy go lucky. This is an example of the socially accepted aspect that is encouraged by society. This archetype has the ability to force certain behaviors on people all over the world (Jung, 2012). This is why social media is a great example of persona and how as a society we learn to conform to the socially acceptable aspects discussed in Jung’s theory. Social media has many different types of people, races, and backgrounds all striving for the same thing, social acceptance. Which can be gathered through a display of their socially accepted fronts. An inborn tendency to fit in and be liked regardless of our true reality (Jung,