Function Levels
I am making the argument that Carl Jung's four psychological functions (Intuition, Sensing, Feeling, and Thinking) originate as developmental levels.
Thus:
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Intuition has similarities to how people experience the world in infancy;
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Sensing has similarities to how people experience the world in childhood;
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Feeling has similarities to how people experience the world in adolescence; and
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Thinking has similarities to how people experience the world in late adolescence and adulthood.
Disclaimer
I don't have any formal education or training in psychology. I have an amateur interest in Jungian psychology, and the blog is written from a layman's perspective.
This blog is an amateur project and is still a work in progress. I have completed the chapter on Intuition, and I'm two-thirds of the way through the chapter on Sensing. I will be posting more essays to the Sensing chapter in February - March 2025.
Table of Contents & Links
Preface: The Jungian Psychological Functions as Developmental "Function Levels"
Sigmund Freud and Psychosexual Development
Jung's Psychological Functions
Supplemental essay: Psychological Functions
Supplemental essay: Weak Instincts as Brain Architecture
Reconstructing the Thought Processes of an Infant
Supplemental essay: Mithraism as an Example of Nature Worship
The Great Mother Versus the Father at the N Level
Supplemental essay: The Terrible Mother
Supplemental essay: The Maiden
Supplemental essay: The Muse
Extraverted Intuition Versus Introverted Intuition
Supplemental essay: Extraversion versus Introversion
One-sidedness and Centroversion at the N Level
Supplemental essay: One-sidedness and the Daemonic
Supplemental essay: Centroversion
Separation of the World Parents
Supplemental essay: The Transition From N-level Association to S-level Differentiation
Supplemental essay: Examples of Fragmentation and Projection
Great Mother Versus Great Father at the S Level
Supplemental essay: Assimilation of the Aggression of the Antagonist
Supplemental essay: Men's Societies
Supplemental essay: Devaluation and Objectification
Supplemental essay: "Gender as a Social Construct" Versus "Gender as a Binary"
Supplemental essay: Creativity
Supplemental essay: The Androgyne
Supplemental essay: The Anima Fight
Supplemental essay: Matriarchal Orientation
Supplemental essay: The Great Mother Fight
Supplemental essay: Religion
Supplemental essay: The Great Father Fight
The Champion Versus the Redeemer
Supplemental essay: The Se Nurturer
Supplemental essay: The Si Guardian
Supplemental essay: The Odyssey as Hero's Journey
One-sidedness at the S Level - NEW AS OF JANUARY 2025
Supplemental essay: The Hedonist and the Submissive
Supplemental essay: The Punisher and the Fury
Centroversion at the S Level [Under construction; check back in February - March 2025]
Feeling (F)
[Under construction; check back in early 2025]
Thinking (T)
[Under construction; check back in mid-2025]
The Dionysian-Versus-Apollonian Gender Dichotomy
Master List of "Gender Personas" in Sexual Personae
Supplemental essays
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 4 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 5 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 6 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 7 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 8 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 9 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 10 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 11 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 12 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 13 of Sexual Personae
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 14 of Sexual Personae - NEW AS OF JANUARY 2025
Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 15 of Sexual Personae - NEW AS OF JANUARY 2025
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~Posted October 19, 2023