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Unveiling the Shadow:

 Jung's Approach to Crystal Meth Addiction  👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 Carl Jung's approach to treating crystal meth addiction would probably focus on helping the person to understand and integrate the unconscious forces that are driving their addiction. Jung believed that addiction is a symptom of a deeper psychological problem and that in order to truly recover, the person must address the underlying issues. The shadow is a key concept of Jungian psychology. The shadow is the part of the unconscious that contains all of the negative and unacceptable aspects of our personality. The shadow is an important part of the psyche which must be integrated into the conscious personality in order to be whole and healthy. In the case of crystal meth addiction, Jung would likely focus on helping the person to identify and understand their shadow. I believe he would then help them to learn to accept and integrate the shadow into their conscious personality. 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥?...

JUNG

JUNG 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 Jung was a loyal supporter of Freud early in his career. Freud co nsidered Jung to be his heir apparent, but their friendship and cooperation ended after several years due to theoretical disagreements. Jung was hesitant to embrace the Freudian concept of sexuality and libido and he was critical of Freud's views of human sexuality. Jung developed his own original theory of personality, which attracted a large following. (Shiraev 2016) \🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟 Jung believed that dreams contain experiences beyond conscious awareness. They should be understood as a multistory house in which the basement is the most fundamental and ancient features Jung and Freud disagreed on the theory of dreams. Jung believed that dreams are like mythological stories and images that draw on the experiences of our ancestors. Jung believed that fantasy and our dreams serve as a connector between the experiences of our ancestors and our own experiences. Jung was fascina...

The Workplace Needs Introverts

 How to Create an Environment Where Everyone Can Thrive 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 Short Personality Test assertive talkative bold not reserved energetic Next to each word rate on a scale of 1 to five of how much that it applies to you. 1 being not at all and 5 being very much so. Now add up your score and what is your total? 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚  According to Gino (2015), if you score 10 points, you will likely have an introverted personality. Introverts comprise from 1/3 to 1/2 of the population (Gino 2015). Most workplaces are set up exclusively with extroverts in mind. ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Extroverts are often characterized by (Gino 2015): Gravitate towards groups and constant action tend to think out loud they are energized and recharged by external stimuli such as personal interactions, social gatherings, and shared ideas being around other people gives them energy. Team leaders who are extroverts can be highly effective leaders when the members of their team are dutiful fol...

Raymond Cattell

The Psychologist Who Put Personality Traits on the Map 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 Raymond Cattell was a British-American psychologist who made significant contributions to the fields of personality, intelligence, and multivariate statistics. He is best known for his development of the sixteen personality factor questionnaire which is a widely used personality test that measures 16 basic personality dimensions. (Shiraev 20016):   warmth vs coldness reasoning vs imagination dominance vs submissiveness liveliness vs seriousness  rule-consciousness vs spontaneity social boldness vs shyness sensitivity vs toughness vigilance vs trust abstractedness vs concreteness privateness vs openness to change apprehension vs self-confidence traditionalism vs unconventional group-dependence vs self-sufficiency perfectionism vs unconcern intellectualism vs anti-intellectualism imagination vs practicality Cattell believed that personality traits were fundamental underlying elements of daily huma...

Gordon Allport's Legacy

The Quest for Personality:  🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦  Gordon Allport Believed that personality is unique to each individual and influenced by both internal and external factors. He developed a three-tiered model of personality traits (Shiraev 2016): Cardinal traits      dominant and pervasive and they shape a person's overall personality\ Central traits less dominant but they are still important and have a significant impact on behavior Secondary traits Only present in certain situations and are less likely to influence overall behavior.            📚📚📚📚📚 References Shiraev, E. (2016). Personality Theories. SAGE Publications, Inc. (US). https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781506300795

The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Personality

 Insights from the Past 🕶️🕶️🕶️🕶️🕶️🕶️🕶️🕶️ Many philosophers from the past wrote about personality traits, including David Hume and David Hartley. Hume Identified four most significant traits (Shiraev, 2016):   Pleasure Seeking                                                                    Virtue Seeking Philosophical devotion                     Critical thinking. 🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟 Hartley imaginative ambitious self-interested sympathetic theopathetic morally sensitive 📚📚📚📚📚 Early experimental psychologists such as Wilhelm Wundt were also interested in studying personality traits. Wundt believed that language had a big role in forming individual traits. He argued that people who spoke German as their first language were more likely to b...

Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World

Unraveling the Mysteries of Personality 📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔 Ancient philosophical teachings from around the world have long considered personality to be a distinct combination of traits. For example, Buddhist thinkers identified five constituents of personality, while ancient Greek philosophers associated individual traits with different parts of the body. Many early classifications also described bodily humors as foundations of stable traits.( Shiraev, 2016) 🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️ Ancient philosophers also developed specific theories about how personality traits are formed and influenced. Hinduism suggests various combinations of traits based on an individual's stages of development. Islamic tradition distinguishes between several levels of personality traits according to the quality of the nafs - self or soul.( Shiraev, 2016) 📔📔📔📔📔📔  Astrological explanations of personality traits were also popular in ancient times and also today. These explanations typically associate specific per...