Susan Cain's Use of Carl Jung's Theories in The Power of Introverts in a Worl That Can't Stop Talking

She gives an example of inferiority complex, people who were looked upon as insecure and no good. She then lists all of the names of the inferiority people such as Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Shakespeare who were successful introverts. Hoping to then again gain the attention of people with a personal story by using pathos, by doing so she also tells the readers about men who have done extraordinary, ethical advancements for the country. Abe Lincoln, freed slaves; Teddy Roosevelt, loved and protected nature; and Shakespeare wrote plays to distract people from horrible events going on around them, Cain provided ethical examples of men who were successful introverts and still accomplished many achievements. Cain goes on to talk about how the president of Yale said that to be at this school you do not have to an outstanding but be a well-rounded person. This basically meant that to attend a high-class university you are not required to be an extroverted or introverted person, but a good citizen overall. She does well with this by giving hope to those who do not know whether they are introverted or extroverted, they just have to be a good person. Another topic Cain hits strongly is the story of how Dale Carnegie was a shy introvert who became rich with public speaking, writing a book and creating his own institute. Cain does this to convince the audience that introverts are as capable to

Jung, C.G. (1968). Psychology and alchemy: The collected works of C.G. Jung, Volume 12. (2nd

Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) was a one time friend and colleague of Sigmund Freud, who initially held similar views to Freud. He started to feel dissatisfied with Freud’s ideas though and broke away from that school of thought in 1913. Jung also had a great interest in mystical and magical subjects, Buddhism and Hinduism, which influenced Jung’s own ideas on a theory of personality. He too, suggested there were 3 parts; the conscious mind (or ego), the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. ‘The main point of difference between the two men (Jung and Freud) was Freud’s definition of sexuality and libido. Although Jung conceded the importance of the

Susan Cain, a well known and appreciated writer from America in the field of psychology, recently held a speech on one of the famous TED talks and entirely captured me by trying to give the audience an understanding of introversion.

Part one is “The Extrovert Ideal” Cain is focus on the view of extroverts being more outgoing and how they are praised, seen as the alpha and also speaks on the historical culture of personality which makes us think differently of people and how we view them; cain goes on using examples such as the harvard business school, and talks about how a person can be surrounded by many people who are extroverted and can still continued to be an introvert; also how they try to turn an introverted person into an extrovert and it can’t work just through performance. Cain doesn’t only focus on the extroverted side in part one she goes on to speak positive

When people hear the word introvert, they usually think of someone who is quiet, shy and keeps to themselves. The word introvert generally has a negative connotation associated with it, but Susan Cain argues in a Ted talk called “The power of introverts” that being an introvert is actually a good thing. In her argument, Cain uses ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to her audience and this essay will analyze how she does so.

(E) In this last page of the book, Cain addresses one of the main themes once more. “Looks can be deceiving.” The author, throughout the book, emphasizes that appearances are not reality. An introvert acting like an extrovert burdens themselves in self-confidence, reliability, and physical and mental health. Although this is the case in most people, other individuals seem self-reserved and quiet, but their inner mind is full with overflowing thoughts and drama. In the excerpt, Cain highlights the tendency for introverts to have a deeper creativity in their mind. Bill Gates, J.K. Rowling, Albert Einstein, and Rosa Parks are one of the many successful individuals who are introverts. Cain addresses Rosa Park as bold and dominant seeing as though

Jung was a psychoanalytical theorist who suggested that personality is influenced by factors deep in the unconscious such as dreams and fantasies (Papadopoulos, 2006, p. 8). His main therapeutic outcome is for people to go through the individuation process in order to realise who they truly are in relation to other and apart from others (Schultz & Schultz, 2012, p. 115). He believed the psyche was comprised of the ego and two different levels of the unconscious; the personal and collective unconscious. The ego contains a person’s awareness of their emotions, memories and thoughts. The personal unconscious is comprised of repressed or forgotten memories, knowledge and experience (Crellin, 2004, p. 5).

In her Ted Talk, The Power of Introverts, Susan Cain speaks at a TedX convention to highlight the extraordinary talents that introverts can bring to a society. She also speaks on how the United States as a whole has shifted from valuing introverts to valuing them less than extroverts, claiming that this should not be the case. Cain claims that introverts should be encouraged and celebrated for the power that they can bring to a society instead of having to force themselves into the extrovert mold that American society promotes.

Carl Gustav Jung II was a psychiatrist whose theories of the mind challenged the existing dogma. His works with human cognition, the basic structure of the psyche, and association experiments are widely known today in the form of the concepts of the introvert and the extrovert, psychological archetypes, and basic tests of word association. Although many basic principles of psychology today are based upon his original discoveries and theories, they were not conceived without external insight. Social, economic, and cultural influences upon Carl Jung greatly affected his lifetime achievements and provided inspiration for many of his theories.

What is your Jungian Typology? What do these four Typology letters mean? What does the designation mean to you? How do you feel about them?

Susan Cain’s “Power of Introverts” talk was all about the importance of people who are considered introvertly inclined in our society. In her talk, she described first how her family influenced her in being an introvert. Reading is her family’s social activity and that one can roam around through his or her own imagination. She also discussed about her memorable summer camp story where she has discovered the way extrovert people live and tried to shift in this kind of life. With all these changes in her life she never left her introverted life and espoused the ideas that when it comes to creativity and leadership, the society needs introverts and the things where they excel most. She explained that introversion is how one responds to stimulation including social stimulation which is different from a person being shy – the fear of social judgment.

In the 1920’s, a Swiss psychologist named Carl Jung devised a theory. Jung didn’t accept the idea that the behaviors of people were random. Instead, he was a firm believer that the differences between individuals were a result of how people use their brains. Jung claimed that “what appears to be random behavior is actually the result of differences in the way people prefer to use their mental capacities.” (The Myers & Briggs Foundation). Jung realized that people typically function in one of two ways, take in information or make decisions, and that people usually are more comfortable alone or around others. With all these observations, Jung wrote a book titled Psychological Types, which introduced the idea of personality and psychological

Carl Jung was a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist born in 1875 in Switzerland. He worked with Sigmund Freud for a while but branched off because he disagreed with him about the “sexual basis of neurosis”. Jung believed that there is a collective unconscious that is connected to everyone. God is included in this collective unconscious. His theory included what he called archetypes; pathways of energy (not things) that are shared in the collective. four main archetypes are: The Self, The Shadow, The Anima/Animus, and the Persona. The Self is the combination of the conscious, and the individual’s unconscious. the self is usually represented by a square or a circle. The self tries to make itself known. The shadow is made up of our sexual desires or instincts, and is credited with being the darker side of our personalities. The Anima/Animus are the masculine and feminine of our psyche. There are traces of each found in both women and men. The Persona is the face that people put on for others. The word “persona” comes from the Latin word for mask. This is the personality the world sees. (Carl Jung Archetypes) Jung coined the word

Carl Jung has defined introversion as “withdrawn and often shy, and tend to focus on themselves along with their own thoughts and/or feelings.” Jung also found that everyone starts off with introversion and extroversion, but with time and life experience only the dominant one is the one that shows Therefore, for example two young children going through different life experience can both end