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    Different Theories of Dreams Research Freud and Jung both had a common agreement that there was a relationship between the conscious and unconscious. (Sheedy, 2011) However their partnership only lasted three years due to an undeniable difference in their beliefs of where dreams originate. On one hand, Freud thought dreams were urges that are suppressed. (Solms, 2000) On the other hand, Jung argued that dreams were an attempt to prompt undeveloped parts of the psyche, especially archetypes.…

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    basis of three psychoanalytic models (a) Lacan’s ‘Language and Unconscious’ (b) C.G. Jung’s ‘Collective Unconscious’ and (c) Northrop Frye’s ‘Archetypal Criticism’. Lacan’s ‘Language and Unconscious’, attempts to read ‘The Wasteland’ in the likeness of three-stage order of childhood formation viz imaginary, symbolic and real. The unveiling of author’s step-by-step sub-conscious unfolds his psyche. C.G. Jung’s ‘Collective Unconscious’ codifies the literary allusions, myths and symbolisms of the…

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    are submerged in nature we are unconscious. In his theory people live in the security of instincts which knows no troubles. As he said "there are no problems without consciousness"(Carl Jung. The portable Jung. p.84) based on this we can reformulate that if there are no problems it's unconsciousness. Jung believes that the mental in general along with personal and collective consciousness includes also the personal and collective unconscious. The collective unconscious arises as a result of…

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    Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung separated on the issue which is Theory of the Unconscious (McLeod, 2014). Freud and Jung's Early Relationship When the date showed April of 1906, Sigmund Freud start to conform with Carl Gustav Jung and they first met in person when Jung traveled to…

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    Sigmund Freud Jung

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    psychoanalysis was called analytical psychology in which Jung expressed his ideas of the collective unconscious, archetypes, and psychological types. The collective unconscious is an impersonal layer in the human psyche that is different from the individual unconscious, as well as inherited and shared with other members of the species. The idea of individual conscious deals with repressed idea, whereas the collective…

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    Clark (2012), “Myths often seem to address common questions, questions that are likely to arise in any human society” (p. 106). A psychoanalytical approach significantly answers the arising questions of the “collective unconscious” despite the belief that “this idea [of the collective unconscious] tends to be dressed up in a rather romantic, mystical way” (Dowden, 1992, p. 22). Certain opposing views of Ken Dowden on the Freudian school of interpretation can be refuted efficiently when this…

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    the writings of characters from myths. Dowden critiques psychoanalysis by essentially stating that for psychoanalysis to work properly, it would require many prerequisites (Dowden, 1992, p. 22). Dowden also mentions that Freud’s belief of a collective unconscious is unrealistic since not everyone is able to share a single mind and go through similar stages in life (Dowden, 1992, p. 22). Due to the aforementioned variables, Dowden concludes that Freud’s psychoanalysis is rendered…

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    The reason this is an example of the collective unconscious, is that in that moment Hooper was acting out of instinct since its human nature to jump when one is scared, that behavior is not a conscious reaction instead its more part of our human collective unconscious to put it more simply, acting out of instinct. The third concept that Jung discusses is what is referred to as, the myth of the hero…

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    their forces and drives, particularly in the unconscious, and amongst different structures of personality. Freud opened the doors for many other psychologists like Alder and Jung to include their personal psychodynamic approaches. The following…

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    Behavior & Literature PSY521-1 January 3, 2018 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Who was Sigmund Freud? …………...……………………………………………………...……4 Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious Mind……………………………………………………….4 Who was Carl Jung?……………………………...….……………………………………………6 Analytic Psychology and Collective Unconsciousness …………………………………………7 Conclusion ………………...…...…………………………………………………………………8 References ……………………...………………………………………………………………..10 Abstract Sigmund Freud was an…

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