Personality Overview

PSY 405

Personality Overview

Although Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began as colleagues, Jung being the younger of the two, they both had different ideas about the study of psychology and it's theories. Jung once followed Freud and conducted research with him however he came to develop his own theories which were in contrast to Freud's ideas. In fact Jung rejected many of Freud's theories later in his career. While the two were different they also were very much alike. They both studied the unconscious and the way in which it affected an individual and to what extent. The primary differences they had in their careers are very interesting to look at.

Sigmund Freud was the first to propose the theory of psychoanalysis which is considered to be part of the...