Deck 34: Theory: Man and His Symbols, Cg Jung

Question 1

The following are statements describing Jung's view of dreams EXCEPT:

A) The overt content of a person's dreams is not the most important thing.
B) Dreams are a manifestation of unconscious aspects of the dreamer's personality.
C) Dreams help with the process of individuation.
D) With a bit of help, everyone can analyze his/her own dreams.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

For Jung, motifs are important in the study of archetypes because ___________________________________.

A) archetypes themselves are too difficult to identify
B) motifs add variety to experience
C) motifs can vary in detail without losing their basic pattern
D) everyone can identify motifs

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The dreams related by the ten-year-old girl in the gift to her father contain all of the following motifs EXCEPT:

A) a snakelike monster which kills all the other animals.
B) a young girl who cannot find her way home.
C) small animals becoming large and devouring her.
D) a mouse becoming human.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Jung notes that "every generation seems to have known it as a tradition handed down from some preceding period." "It" refers to ______________________________________.

A) a fear of strangers
B) a hero/savior myth
C) a feeling of importance in the world
D) skepticism concerning an afterlife

Question 5

Jung concludes that the symbolism in the little girl's dreams is most closely related to the fact that ___________________________________________________.

A) the dreams occurred two years before, when she was eight
B) she is Swiss, like him
C) she is experiencing a foreshadowing of death
D) her father is a strong influence on her

Question 6

"[A]rchetypal forms are dynamic factors that manifest themselves in impulses . . . spontaneously." Most closely related to this statement is the fact that _______________________________________________________.

A) dreams or visions can appear suddenly, and their cause is too remote or obscure to discuss
B) archetypal forms are the same as instincts
C) archetypal forms never have anything to do with current situations
D) we must learn to control our impulses, as otherwise we can become overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of frightening images in our dreams

Question 7

Jung believes that he has found a pattern of symbols that can be applied in a logical manner. But to analyze dreams successfully, the analyst must also have _____________________________________.

A) intuition
B) a strong background in psychology
C) a knowledge of mythology
D) a good handbook explaining Jung's theories

Question 8

The process of individuation __________________________________________.

A) should be directed by a trained professional
B) is greatly helped by dreams and myths
C) is connected to dreams, but not myths
D) occurs in animals as well as humans

Question 9

In fairy tales, the personification of the anima is usually the _______________.

A) witch
B) heroine
C) queen
D) fairy godmother

Question 10

The animus or anima figure is _________________________________________________.

A) always a person of the same sex as the dreamer
B) a personification of the person's unconscious
C) always positive
D) never related to erotic fantasy

Question 11

In dreams and myths, the shadow __________________________________________.

A) is a figure too murky to identify for sure
B) appears as a person of the same sex as the dreamer
C) allows the dreamer to gain control of events
D) always represents things the dreamer has not done, when he or she should have

Question 12

The animus archetype is influenced basically by a/an __________________________________.

A) woman's father
B) man's mother
C) helpful figure in a person's life
D) overbearing figure in a person's life

Question 13

The best example of the Cosmic Man in the following list is _________________.

A) Faithful John
B) Arnold Schwarzenegger
C) Utnapishtim
D) Ulysses/Odysseus

Question 14

In dreams, the Self is frequently represented in the form of a _________________.

A) tree
B) young child
C) strong, helpful animal
D) stone

Question 15

Jung defines the _____________________________ as "the biological, prehistoric, and unconscious development of the mind in archaic man, whose psyche was still close to that of an animal."

Question 16

The principal role of myth in Jung's psychology is that it provides _______________.

Question 17

For Jung, the most common symbol for the unconscious, and the primary archetype, is the ___________________________.

Question 18

Jung was a student of _____________________________.

Question 19

Jung's archetype of the wise old teacher is called ___________________.

Question 20

The _________________________often appears in dreams as a symbol of the dreamer's personality.

Question 21

For Jung, the value of _____________________ is that they allow us to incorporate and describe the activities and value of the archetypes, thus also allowing us to experience beyond ourselves-that is, to better understand ourselves.

Question 22

For Jung, ___________________________ and myth are both dramatic presentations of human dilemmas.

Question 23

Jung defines ____________________________ as "the biological, prehistoric, and unconscious development of the mind in archaic man."

Question 24

The "cosmogonic myth," a motif in some of the girl's dreams described by Jung, refers to the ________________________.

Question 25

In the dream of the young man, the French desperado lying on the couch represents _________________________.

Question 26

The initial stage in the process of individuation often corresponds to the situation in fairy tales that Vladimir Propp calls _______________________.

Question 27

A __________________ is a Hindu word for a magic circle that designates the orderly structure of the universe.

Question 28

An example from the Grimms' fairy tales of a negative animus is ____________________.

Question 29

In dreams, the _____________________ becomes hostile only when he is ignored or misunderstood.