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How does understanding the symbolic content of dreams help a patient resolve inner conflicts?
Jung and Adler differ from Freud in their interpretations of the mind. Why does Jung believe these multiple viewpoints are useful to psychotherapy?
Jung often has patients fantasize, free-associate, or draw pictures, especially of dream symbols. Explain how such activities can help patients better understand their own minds.
Briefly describe the difference between extraverted and introverted personality types, and list the four mental activities that they influence.
Jung believes children, young adults, and middle-aged people have different goals. Describe the goals in each of these stages and suggest why each goal evolves into the next stage’s goal.
Describe two ways in which Freud and Jung differ about the contents of the unconscious.
Jung states that pre-industrial and modern people are essentially the same, but he suggests that older cultures differ in their basic assumptions and in their conception of the individual. Explain these two differences.
In what way is great art universal according to Jung? How do artistic symbols represent that universality?
What does Jung mean by “spirit,” and how does that idea differ from the modern, scientific concept of a material universe?
How does modern life drain away meaning and purpose? Why do modern psychology patients usually seek out trained therapists for advice instead of clergy?
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By C. G. Jung