Collective unconscious

Alighieri's Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli
By Carl Jung, underworld represents anxious aspect of collective unconscious in many cultures

Collective unconscious refers to the things in the unconscious mind that are shared between beings of the same species. The term was made by Carl Jung. He said that the human collective unconscious is made up of instincts and archetypes. An archetype is a universal symbol. Some of the archetypes that Carl Jung talked about were The Great Mother, the Wise Old Man, the Shadow, Water, and the Tree of Life.^[1] He argued that the collective unconscious had a big influence on people's lives. Critics of the idea say that it is unscientific, fatalistic, or very hard to test scientifically.^[2]

Related pages

• Blank state
• Evolutionary psychology

References

1. Doyle, D. John (Daniel John), 1951- (September 2018). What does it mean to be human? : life, death, personhood and the transhumanist movement. Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-94950-5. OCLC 1050448349.
2. Easton, Simon; Stephens, Richard; Saunders, Guy; Hunt, Nigel; Toates, Frederick; Loewenthal, Kate Miriam; Boyle, Elizabeth; Schofield, Andrew; Sapsford, Roger (March 2005). "Review: Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World (5th Edition), Biopsychology (5th Edition), Consciousness: An Introduction, Learning and Memory: An Integrative Approach, Motivation: Theories and Principles (5th Edition), Motivation: Theories and Principles (5th Edition), Psychodynamic Psychology: Classical Theory and Contemporary Research, the Psychology of Language: From Data to Theory (2nd Edition), Statistics without Maths for Psychology (2nd Edition), Statistics without Maths for Psychology (2nd Edition), Understanding Social Psychology: Experimental and Critical Approaches, Work and Organizational Psychology: An Introduction with Attitude". Psychology Learning & Teaching. 4 (1): 59–69. doi:10.2304/plat.2004.4.1.59. ISSN 1475-7257.