Individual differences sprang from different factors including education, social upbringing and environment. People might be inspired or motivated by another person. However, that is not a sufficient reason to assume similarities or even agreement in majority of the other person’s beliefs and practices. This applies to renowned Psychologists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud.
The two theorists got acquainted in 1906 beginning with a correspondence. Sharing the same interests, both men were drawn to each other which began their professional collaboration. However, in the process the student saw some inconsistencies and absurdities in his teacher’s methods and techniques (Kerr 32). This started the rift until such time that Jung decided to end their professional relationship.
Another difference between both experts is their view of the unconscious mind. While both accept the concept as real, the way they present it was entirely different. Freud drew most of his arguments on psychosexual factors. According to Freud, repressed sexual tendencies result to pathological illness. Jung counters this argument having the training in psychiatry, a branch of medicine that deals with mental and psychological disorders. Jung recognized that the repressed sexual desires might cause a certain form of imbalance, it is not the only factor that would trigger a mental or psychological condition.
Work Cited
Dunne, Claire. Carl Jung: Wounded Healer of the Soul: An Illustrated Biography. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, Ltd, 2002. Print. p.5
Fuller, Andrew. Psychology and Religion: Eight Points of View. Lanham, MD:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1994. Print. p.45.
Kerr, John. A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein. . New York: Knopf Doubleday Pubishing, 1993. Print. p. 32
