Religious belief as a product of the human mind: Carl Jung

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Did Jung believe that Freud’s view of the subconscious was too narrow?
Yes
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What was the difference in approach by Jung compared to Freud?
Religion from a more +ve light
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How did Jung connect religion to humans?
Religion is necessary for personal growth.
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What did Jung agree with on freud about the personal unconscious?
It consisted of repressed memories w/c take the form of complexes. This includes things that have become irrelevant and had seemed unimportant @ the time.
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What did Jung consider repressed material to be?
Only 1 form of unconscious content.
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What did Jung claim that was below the personal unconscious, that set him apart from Freud?
The collective unconscious
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What is the deepest part of our unconscious? .
The collective unconscious
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Is the collective conscious individual or universal?
Universal
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How is the collective unconscious universal?
It has modes of behaviour that is carried by more or less the majority of people and in all individuals.
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What 3 things does the psyche consist of for Jung?
ego (consciousness), the personal unconscious and the collective unconsciousness.
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What did Jung believe evolution provided for the psyche?
Evolution and hereditary provides the blueprint for the pyche.
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According to Jung, the collective unconscious consists of?
primordial images, derived from early human history.
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Where do primordial images come from?
our ancestral past, and include both human and pre-human experiences.
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What did Jung specifically claim about the origin of the primordial images?
Can’t be traced to the individual’s own past experiences.
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Jung didn’t refer to the images as direct images but?
predispositions to act like our ancestors in our response to the world.
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Is there a resemblance within these hereditary images with anything?
They appear in mythical and religious themes across the world.
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What did Jung call these images or predispositions derived from our ancestors?
Archetypes
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What Greek word does The word ‘archetype’ comes from?
‘original pattern’
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How do archetypes function?
to organise how we experience certain things, often evoking deep emotions
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How does our primitive past influence us?
Forms the basis of the human psyche, directing and influencing present behaviour.
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Why are the symbols and images from different cultures often very similar?
because they have emerged from archetypes shared by the whole human race.
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Are archetypes mysterious?
Yes, they are not directly accessible to conscious thought.
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How does a person become conscious of the archetypes?
when they are projected outwards, usually in the form of myths and symbols.
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What are 5 ways to identify archetypes?
Religious stories, symbolism and rituals, as well as dreams and day dreams
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Archetypes are ________unconscious entities which ______images in the ______mind, but they cannot be known _____
Dynamic, generate, conscious, directly.
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Are the number of archetypal images limitless?
Yes
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Do some archetypes frequently recur.
Yes, so Jung was able to identify regular patterns of meaning within the world of archetype
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