Psychological Types
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Psychological Types is the title of the sixth volume in the Princeton / Bollingen edition of the Collected Works of Carl Jung.[1] The original German language edition, "Psychologische Typen", was first published by Rascher Verlag, Zurich in 1921.[citation needed] In the book Jung categorized people into primary types of psychological function.
Jung proposed that there were four main functions of consciousness, two of them being perceiving functions:
And two being judging functions:
The functions are modified by two main attitude types: extraversion and introversion.
Jung theorized that whichever function dominates consciousness its opposite function is repressed and will characterize unconscious behavior.
The eight psychological types are categorized as follows:
- Extraverted Sensation
- Introverted Sensation
- Extraverted Intuition
- Introverted Intuition
- Extraverted Thinking
- Introverted Thinking
- Extraverted Feeling
- Introverted Feeling
[edit] See also
Many theories of personality have been developed from ancient to modern times. These include:
- Three modern ones built upon or closely associated with Jung's personality types:
Other theories:
- Eysenck's three factor model
- Big Five personality traits
- Enneagram of Personality
- 16 Personality Factors
Theories based on the ancient Greek theory of 4 humors:
General overview:
[edit] References
- ^ Jung, Carl G. (1971). Psychological Types. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01813-8.
[edit] External links
- Kaleidoscope Forum Jungian Discussion Forum.
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