Deck 35: Applying Theory: How to Perform a Jungian Analysis

Question 1

Jungian analysis stresses that ___________________________.

A) not everyone dreams
B) dreams cannot be trusted
C) myths and dreams are related
D) dreams are only fairy tales

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Jung, our dreams ________________________________________________________________.

A) get rid of meaningless elements that are left over after the brain has processed the important things
B) provide ideas, suggestions, or warnings about people and issues in our everyday lives
C) are inhabited by symbolic figures that represent our struggle to become mature and complete human beings
D) have a single meaning that has to be discovered

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In a Jungian analysis, we must first determine _________________________________________________.

A) where the story comes from
B) which character in the story relates best to the listener or reader
C) if it is truly a myth or fairy tale
D) if others would agree with us

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Bruno Bettelheim suggests that identifying with a specific character can help children cope with the difficulties of growing up. It would then be expected that ___________________________________________________.

A) children should be encouraged to live in a fantasy world
B) children's actions cannot be trusted
C) children are capable of carrying out a Jungian analysis
D) children might identify with different characters at different points in their growing up

Question 5

__________________ is the first step in the Jungian analysis of a story or fairy tale.

A) Finding the shadow
B) Breaking the story into parts
C) Differentiating the animus from the anima
D) Determining the point of view

Question 6

Jung said that __________________ "form a bridge between the ways in which we consciously express ourselves and a more primitive, colorful, and pictorial form of expression."

A) symbolic stories
B) dreams
C) archetypal images
D) fairy tales

Question 7

Jungian theory is based on the assumption that dreams_______________________________________.

A) are meaningless psychic debris
B) are the continuation of our daily struggles
C) represent people we know
D) are symbolic stories

Question 8

Bruno Bettelheim suggested that ________________________ can help a child cope with the difficulties of growing up.

A) relating to characters in fairy tales
B) studying world mythology
C) analyzing his or her dreams
D) retelling stories to parents

Question 9

In Jungian analysis, we need to identify the dreamer and assign the archetypes because they ________________________________________.

A) represent parts of an individual's personality
B) are universal representations
C) derive from the collective unconscious
D) have important characteristics

Question 10

An important fact about the shadow is _________________.

A) it represents the whole of the unconscious personality
B) it has the same personality as the person (dreamer)
C) it is the same sex as the person
D) it cannot be separated from the anima

Question 11

The _______________ is a same-sex figure representing the totality or inner part of the person.

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

Question 12

In the process of individuation, the usual order of archetypes, is ______________________________________.

A) Self  shadow  anima or animus
B) shadow  anima or animus  Self
C) Self  animus  shadow
D) Self  anima  shadow

Question 13

M.-L. von Frantz describes the process of _________________ as the "slow, imperceptible process of psychic growth" by which "a wider and more mature personality emerges."

Question 14

________________ is an example of a negative anima figure.

Question 15

________________ is an example of a positive animus.

Question 16

The _____________ is a same-sex figure who may appear as a helpful animal, a wise old man or woman, or a royal couple, for example.

Question 17

The ____________ can be represented by inanimate objects such as a rock, a crystal, a jewel or a mirror.

Question 18

In "The Goose Girl," the ________________ is a positive animus figure.

Question 19

The main reason for dividing the story into events for analysis is to determine the interactions among archetypal figures so that we can retell it in __________________ terms.

Question 20

In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda is a ________________ figure.

Question 21

A dreamer who is a girl or woman has an opposite-sex figure called the ___________________.

Question 22

A dreamer who is a boy or man has an opposite-sex figure called the ___________________.