Carl Jung's Contribution To The Unconscious

Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud were both psychoanalysists and traveled together to the United States. (Introduction.) Their idea of the unconscious was different and they never came to an agreement. Freud thought the unconscious was biological and focused on the appearance of sexuality, while Jung thought the unconscious was human culture that was passed from generation to generation. (Olson and Hergenhahn, 2011.) I believe that Jung’s thoughts on how our unconscious processes and perceives information is a more realistic approach to the unconscious. Even though I believe that there could be bits and pieces of both Freud’s and Jung’s approach that could make more sense meshed together. Jung’s approach to his discovery to the unconscious is an interesting one. All of his theories and ideas started from dreams his had as a child. (The World Within.) Many of his dreams made it into a book he called the red book, where he would illustrate and draw what he established in his dreams. Many of his drawings seem to be very abstract, or seem to revolve around a God or higher power. It is understood that he was a very spiritual man and it can clearly be seen through his drawings. As a testimony to the unconscious, Jung built a tower, where he would stay months at a time. (The World Within.) The tower seemed more real than paper and ink to represent his discoveries. He used the tower to give himself time to work on his inner self, and find new discoveries. (The World Within.) When most people think of Carl Jung and the influences he has had in psychology, most people this of his contribution to the ideas of introvert and extravert. …show more content…
These two ideas were encompassed in his book Psychological Types as attitudes. (Olson and Hergenhahn, 2011.) An introvert can be defined as someone who enjoys their alone time and is more interested in the idea of things rather than people. An extrovert can be defined as someone who is sociable, outgoing, and enjoys being involved in various events. (Olson and Hergenhahn, 2011.) For better understanding through the next couple sections of psychological types, I participated in a Jung typology test to get my opinion on the reliability and validity of the test. The type indicator test I used labeled me as having a slight preference of introversion over extroversion, making up about 19% of my personality. (Humanmetrics.) The first criterion, from my point of view, fits me completely if I had to describe my attitude. The second criterion, focuses on the method of information perception by a person and is two of the four functions of thought. If …show more content…
The validity of this test has been subject to much criticism. (Wikipedia.) Many of the studies that support the test are unreliable or unscientific. Even though I think the test judged my personality from my perspective well, it may not be realistic to other people. The test may turn out different every time someone takes the test if they are considered in the middle for much of the criterion. (Wikipedia) I retook the test a couple hours later after the first attempt and received a different score than I had previously. Personality type tests are very subjective because they are self report. Someone may think they are more extrovert than other people may think they are. Self report studies are difficult at proving reliable results when they are considerably easy to lie