PSYC 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Collective Unconscious, Flowing Rivers, Projective Test
16 Dec 2017
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Carl jung and alfred adler were associates of freud before they rebelled against him and made their own views of personality. Karen horney and erik erikson were also freudian before marking out their own paths. They neo-psychoanalytic theorists differ from each other but all oppose freud"s emphasis on instincts as primary motivators of human behavior and his deterministic view of personality. Neo-psychoanalytic approaches are more optimistic and flattering in regards to human nature. Analytical psychology jung"s theory of personality. Jung disagreed with freud about role of sexuality. Jung broadened freud"s definition of libido by redefining it as a more generalized psychic energy that included sex but is not restricted to it. Also disagreed concerning the direction of forces that influence personality. Freud viewed humans as prisoners or victims of past events, jung believed that man isn"t doomed to be shoved around by trauma.
