Archetypes

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Introduction

All human beings are unique in various ways . From the physical characteristics to their taste of clothes to their outlook in life , even identical twins can become as different from each other as night and day . Psychologists have sought to understand what makes human beings different from each other , even in the case of twins where their entire DNA is similar and physically identical . This would discuss the definition of archetypes and the

ego of an individual as well as the relationship between these two aspects of the psyche of the individual The would also provide a sample through a transcript commentary on how the archetype and the ego communicate with each other

The Ego

The ego has been classified by Jung as the conscious part of the personality of the individual which embraces the unconscious in to take into account the area of the human psyche that holds the values the individual considers as the most intense or most important . It is the role of the ego to refer to the phase of the personality of the individual and to determine the adjustments to the outside world in the interest to satisfy his or her needs especially in situations where choice and decision are both involved . As such , the ego is an active process for the development and execution of a plan of action to attain inner satisfaction on the part of the individual (Symonds 1951

The Archetype

The theory of the archetype was presented by Carl Jung as part of the human psyche which have been considered as a complicated aspect of the psychology of an individual . As such , the archetype has been defined in so many ways by different psychologists

Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung were considered as pioneers in the development of models in to understand the human mind more comprehensively . Although their relationship had ended in bitter terms they had both agreed that the human mind contained innate structures that play a huge part in determining the way individuals perceive the world around them and which organize as well as able to give meaning to the multitude of information which the senses of the individual receives . This outlook presented by both Freud and Jung were considered a revolutionary step in the field of psychology during this period because up until the nineteenth century , psychologists have considered the human mind as a blank slate which did not possess any content processes and structures . Instead , the mind was believed to be formed and shaped by society and the environment . On top of this psychologists before Jung and Freud believed that matters pertaining to the perceptions , memories and emotions are not considered as s that are appropriate to be discussed in the field of psychology . This all changed with the turn of the century . During this period , evolutionary psychologists began to integrate the ideas of Sigmund Freud in their...