Jung (Thursday, (02/16/2006, 7th Period)

[romanywitch]

"We've gone over the attitudes of introversion and extroversion, and you guys have said they seem kind of limiting. Which is absolutely right. That's why Jung came up with four functions that modify the attitudes. Those are thinking, feeling, sensing, and intuition.

A little more information on how introversion and extroversion work as regards the unconscious: Extroverted individuals are more concerned with their external world, other people, and other things. Introverts are more concerned with their own thoughts and ideas. Pretty much what you'd think. Generally, whichever one isn't dominant is unconscious, and so you're drawn to the non-dominant aspect in others as a way of expressing the unconscious side of your personality.

Now, the functions. Thinking and feeling are defined as rational functions, and they're directly in contrast with each other. I expect you'll find this stuff pretty easy to remember when we have a test, right? People using the thinking function? Use their intellectual functioning to connect ideas and to understand the world. Using the feeling function means you're making decisions based on your positive or negative feelings about subjective experiences.

The other two? Sensation and intuition. They're called the irrational functions, because they relate to stimuli, not evaluation and decision-making like the rational functions are. Sensing is physical, related to the five senses, and generally conscious. Intuition is usually about hunches and is unconscious. Everyone exhibits all four functions, but the most highly developed? Your superior function. Second most developed is the auxilliary function. Jung didn't have a term for the one that came in third, but the least well-developed function is the inferior function.

Often, your inferior function is explored through dream and creative work. Which is what we're going to be prepping to do. Ask your questions now--about today's subject or anything we've covered--because next week is all about using what we've talked about in class so far for dream analysis.

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Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

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Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

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"We're doing dream work?" Rory asked. "Do dreams always mean something? Sometimes I just dream about, like, cake. Does that mean something deep and significant?"

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[romanywitch]

"Dreams don't always mean something," said Jenny. "It depends on the kind of cake you dream about, and the rest of the context of the dream. Sometimes, though?" She grinned. "It just means you went to bed hungry."

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Anakin looked uncomfortable. "We're going to learn about our dreams?"

He stared at his desk. "Great."

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory glanced over at him and smiled.

She tossed a note over.

There is no way I'm sharing my nightmares. Completely going with cake dreams.

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Dreams about cake sound good.

Anakin paused.

Because my dreams. Yeah. Not going to share glimpses of the future.

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[romanywitch]

"Is everything okay, Anakin?" asked Jenny.

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Just fine, Professor," he said. "It will be interesting to see the differences in the way you interpret dreams here as opposed to what I've learned from the Jedi. It's not so much about unconscious expression for us."

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

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How does one develop these functions? Is it just the way in which you were born, or it something which is shaped by your parents during your upbringing?

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[romanywitch]

"Generally they're inborn, but how they're expressed is shaped by parents during your upbringing."

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"What if what you think about all the time is how you feel?" Angel asked.

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[romanywitch]

"Then I would say that one of those is your primary function," said Jenny. "Depends on how rational you are feelings when you're thinking about them. More rational? Probably then you'd have thinking as your primary function. Less rational? Feeling."

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

"What if the dreams were unnaturally given to us?" Lee asks.

Re: Discussion - Today's Topic: Attitudes & Functions

[romanywitch]

"Then I don't think that it counts for interpreting your subconscious," said Jenny, not batting an eye at the question. "Maybe for the person giving you the dreams."

After Class

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Re: After Class

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"Ms. Calendar?" Lee says, looking a bit abashed. "I know I've missed a ton of class in the past two weeks due to omg RL OF DOOOOM various circumstances both excusable and inexcusable...what kind of make up work would you like me to do?"

Re: After Class

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"Are you okay, Lee?" asked Jenny. "I need to know why you missed classes first. Have you been sick?"

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