Freud & Jung: Similarities & Differences

SIMILARITIES

• Both believe in the conscious and unconscious mind
• Childhood experiences shape adulthood
  • Freud: the Oedipus Complex
  • Jung: archetypes produced when combined with knowledge gained from experience
• Religion stems from the unconscious mind
  • Freud: wishful thinking and collective neurosis
  • Jung: the archetypal process of individuation
• They wish to change the public view of religion
  • Freud: it should slowly be replaced with scientific understanding
  • It is essential to be a content and balanced person
• Both have very little evidence to base their theories upon
  • Freud: only 5 case studies who are exceptions to society
  • Jung: the archetypes are a part of the subconscious mind so can never be seen and proven to exist
• Both agree on the existence of libido - our driving force
• Religion is universal and affects everyone
  • Freud: we all…