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Example Question #451 : Ap Psychology
What is Jung's theory of the collective unconscious?
The collective unconscious is a repository of defense mechanisms, which we use when our ego is threatened. These would include repression, sublimination, denial, displacement, projection, reaction formation, regression, rationalization, and intellectualization.
The collective unconscious is the unconscious instincts that all living species on earth have in common. This would include our instincts to maintain our survival and to reproduce.
All of these represent different aspects of the collective unconscious.
That there are certain unconscious beliefs that a species will share in common and inherit, which are not learned in our environment. In the human collective unconscious, there are recurring archetypes and instincts that represent our desires and fears.
That there are certain unconscious beliefs that a species will share in common and inherit, which are not learned in our environment. In the human collective unconscious, there are recurring archetypes and instincts that represent our desires and fears.
Jung's theory of collective unconscious is that we inherit unconscious desires and fears, which can be represented by a variety of recurring archetypes and instinctual impulses. In contrast to Freud, who saw the unconscious mind to primarily represent repressed sexual desires and memories specific to the individual, Jung saw it as a storehouse of individual, as well as ancestral, instincts and memories.
This was inspired by the fact that across many cultures, similar patterns and symbols come up in a recurring manner. The four primary symbols were that of the "persona" (our socially acceptable selves we present to the world), "anima/animus" (the traits we have in ourselves that represent our opposite sex), "shadow" (our creative and destructive selves), and "self" (our unique identities). Jung believed these were manifested in varying ways across cultures in religion, dreams, art, and culture.
Example Question #453 : Ap Psychology
According to Freud, which part of the mind is government by the reality principle?
Ego
Oral
Genital
Superego
Id
Ego
According to Freud, the human mind includes the id, ego, and superego. The id is unconscious and governed by the pleasure principle. It seeks immediate gratification of its needs. The superego is both conscious and unconscious. It is the moral part of the mind and motivated to do what is right and wrong. The ego is governed by the reality principle and seeks to negotiate between the id and the superego. It typically develops between ages two and three. Oral and genital refer to stages in Freud's psychosexual theory of development.
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