Psychology

What is Bobs attitude according to Jungian theory Provide evidence for your answer.

Jung explained that the movement of the libido or life force which, makes an individual to move towards pleasurable thoughts and behavior, determines the persons attitude. The persons orientation towards the world could either be described as extraversion or introversion. If the libido moves towards the external world, then the persons attitude is an extrovert. On the contrary, if the libido moves towards the psyche or the self, then the persons attitude is introverted. Extrovert attitude is described as being adventurous, outgoing, and adaptable to situation changes. Extroverts are motivated by what is happening in their environment or society and the people that surrounds them. This differs significantly from having an introvert attitude, which displays shyness and interest on ones own feelings and ideas. They are responsive to images and impressions. With these in mind, Bobs attitude according to Jungian theory would represent the introverted attitude. This could be reflected upon the interests that Bob was showing. He was motivated by his  experiences regarding visions about the future, the past and peoples aura. He was consumed with the idea that he was helping people solve their spiritual problems. As evidence, he was described as an impractical and a messy person. It was noted that he experiences trouble in managing his daily task. This reflects his inability to be in touch or focus on the things around him. He could not even keep track of his money or buy foods for himself. The interactions that he enjoyed including his beliefs and experiences about the other world. Although Bob is not a loner and display no shyness, as most introverts do, he has the tendency to draw people towards himself and to live in the mystical world instead of living in the present reality. These are clearly the implication of an introverted attitude that was described by Jung.

What is Bobs superior function according to Jungian theory Provide evidence for your answer.
Carl Jung identified four different functions involved in the apprehension of the stimuli including sensing, thinking, feeling and intuiting. Thinking is the opposite of feeling and is known as the rational function. On the other hand, sensing is the opposite of intuiting, which serves irrational functions. Upon the process of perception, the irrational functions are used. Sensing is basically knowing what things are presentabsent through the use of sense-experience. Sensing involves the direct observation of the reality. On the other hand, intuiting is about creating hunches or insights based on past experiences and ideas. In the assessment of the world, the individual makes use of the rational functions. In thinking, the individual logically evaluates the things that he perceives. It involves the interpretation and understanding of the object of perception. Feeling, is a more personalized evaluation of the perception, considering  the benefits and desirability of the perceived. According to the Jungian theory, a person could make use of all the functions described nonetheless, the individuals personality is determined by the superior function he possessed. In Bobs case, the superior function would be intuiting. This is based upon the fact that his work is about the mystical future and the other world. He perceived things and information through his hunches and guesses as could be reflected on how he proved his psychic abilities. According to him, he could always guess the time when his father goes back from work when he was a kid. His mystical skills are not grounded on reality but on his insights alone. For example, when he was asked to talk to the deceased, he talked or communicate to them in a spiritual level. The senses were only used when he asked for an object that the deceased had touched. The evaluations he made about the deceased were neither logical nor based on personal preference but merely based on guessing or an instinctive insight.

What are archetypes In what level of consciousness are they contained, according to Jungs theory Has Bob been influenced by any of the archetypes in the text Provide evidence for your answer. If so, how does it influence his behavior Jungian theory is largely dominated by the idea regarding archetypes. These are images of universal experiences. These archetypes are contained in the deepest level of the consciousness, known as the collective unconscious. The collective unconscious contains the accumulation of inherited dispositions and experiences regarding how to respond to the world based on universal and repeated humans and pre-humans experiences.

Jungs theory described several examples of archetypes, but most predominantly, four general archetypes exist in the human psyche. First is the persona or the mask. It is a public image that the person presents to the world. Second is the anima-animus archetype. Jung believes that humans, generally has both male and female aspects in hisher psyche. The male aspect is called anima while the female is known as the animus. Thirdly, humans tend to have a shadow archetype. This consists of what humans currently rendered as their dark sides reflecting the primitive animal instincts. Lastly, Jung included the self archetype which represents the unity or harmony of the total personality. Some other prominent archetypes are the mother, father, child, hero, God, and death archetypes.

Among the archetypes that were discussed above, the most prevalent archetypes that influenced Bob were the persona, God and death archetypes. The persona archetypes denote his outside representation of himself as a psychic or a mystic. As a psychic, he covered up his seizures as mystical manifestations of his abilities, despite the knowledge that he was experiencing a certain type of illness. He did not want to acknowledge this fact and therefore, chose to believe that it was not a problem at all. The archetypes of God and death predominates his belief in the paranormal and the other world. The contemplation regarding death before his 40th birthday reconnected him with the archetypes regarding the notions of God, spirits and death.

At what stage is Bob presently, according to Jungian theory What types of events should he be experiencing at this stage Is there evidence for these experiences in the case study Explain.

According to the case study, Bob is a 56-year-old fortuneteller. In reference to Jungs developmental stages, Bob is currently in the middle age stage. During the middle age, Jung argued that the personality is already established in the society. The individual is caught between youth and old age. The middle age stage is a transition wherein the person changes his interests. This involves a shift from material and sexual interests that dominates the youthful years into the consideration of cultural religious values. It is during this period that individuals try to reevaluate their spiritual and supernatural beliefs, specifically contemplations regarding death and the after-life. Jungian theory asserts that the middle age starts between 35-40. In the context of Bobs experience, it could be associated with the incident prior to his 40th birthday wherein he found himself contemplating about death and reading paranormal texts upon the discovery that he has simple absence seizures. Jung specified that the focus of interest during this period shift from external to internal to balance the conscious with the unconscious. The act of balancing could be reflected on the manner in which Bob chose to become involved with the paranormal. His spiritual orientation becomes mystical. His interests about developing his paranormal capability heightened and created a change in his lifestyle and perspective.

This interest was hindered by his youth wherein his attention and interest were focused on his career and family. Bobs interpretation of his sickness was also spiritual that he even disregarded the prescriptions that his doctor gave him. He believes that the seizures are not because he is sick, but because he has some connection with the mystical forces.