Deck 16: Jungs Theory of Adulthood

Question 1

In Jung's view

A) development in the first half of life is naturally one-sided
B) adults should get beyond the Self
C) people should remain youthful as they grow older
D) images of the afterlife interfere with individuation

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In a young woman's dream, an evil female is likely to be

A) an animus figure
B) a shadow figure
C) a persona figure
D) all of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to Jung, what is not true of archetypes?

A) they are basically unknowable
B) they are universal tendencies in all of us
C) they include the Self
D) they reside in the personal unconscious

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Compared to Freud, Jung placed more emphasis on

A) the ego
B) cultural factors
C) unconscious fantasies
D) spiritual strivings

Question 5

Jung believed that depression in mid-life is basically

A) a natural part of development
B) due to social failure
C) self punishment
D) the work of the animus principle

Question 6

According to Jung, which development is not characteristic of the second half of life?

A) a turning inward
B) a shift in gender role attitudes
C) a greater emphasis on social success
D) new attention to the neglected parts of the personality

Question 7

For Jung, the "man within" the woman is called the

A) animus
B) anima
C) persona
D) shadow

Question 8

The text suggests that contemporary research supports Jung on

A) the shadow's role in modern culture
B) religious strivings in old age
C) transpersonal meaning
D) gender reversals in adulthood

Question 9

Jung called the striving for psychic integration, as well as the separation from the mass culture,

A) maturation
B) individuation
C) personal integration
D) healthy development

Question 10

A man constantly complains about the "one thing I cannot stand in people." To Jung, the complaint is likely to reflect

A) the collective unconscious
B) the negative archetype
C) a projection of the shadow
D) all of the above

Question 11

Mandalas express the archetype of the

A) Self
B) ego
C) anima
D) personal unconscious