Best Known For:
- Studies of the human psyche.
- Dream analysis, the collective unconscious, and archetypes
Birth and Death:
- Born July 26, 1875
- Died June 6, 1961
Carl Jung's Contributions to Psychology:
While Jungian theory has numerous critics, Carl Jung's work left a notable impact on psychology. His concepts of introversion and extroversion have contributed to personality psychology and also influenced psychotherapy. His advice to a patient suffering from alcoholism led to the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous, which has helped millions of people suffering from alcohol dependence.
Selected Works by Carl Jung:
- Jung, C. G. (1904–1907) Studies in Word Association.
- Jung, C. G., & Long, C. E. (1917) Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology
- Jung, C. G., & Shamdasani, S. (1932) The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga
- Jung, C. G. (1947) Essays on Contemporary Events
- Jung, C. G. (1988) Psychology and Western Religion
Biographies of Carl Jung:
- Jung, C. G., & Jaffe A. (1962). Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Jung's Career:
Jung graduated from University of Basel with a medical degree. Early in his career, Jung worked with psychiatric patients at the University of Zürich asylum.
His time spent working with Sigmund Freud had a major impact on Jung’s later theories and helped him develop a fascination for the unconscious mind. Jung wanted to further understanding of the human mind through dreams, myth, art, and philosophy.
Eventually, Jung began to separate from Freudian theory, rejecting Freud's emphasis on sex as the sole source of behavior motivation. It was during this period of intense self-analysis that Jung became increasingly interested in dreams and symbols, later using what he learned during this time as the basis for his theories of psychology.
Jung became more organized about his theoretical approach, broke from psychodynamic theories, and formed his own theory under the name "Analytical Psychology." Jung believed the human psyche exists in three parts: the ego (the conscious mind), the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. Jung believed the collective unconscious was a reservoir of all the experience and knowledge of the human species.
