FREUD' PSYCHOANALYSIS AND JUNG'S BEHAVIORISM

Freud' Psychoanalysis and Jung's Behaviorism: A Comparison & Contrast



Freud' Psychoanalysis and Jung's Behaviorism: A Comparison & Contrast

A main schism which separates the two psychiatrists pertains to religion. Freud felt religion was an escape and a fallacy, which ought not to be propagated. His relationship to religion resembles that of Karl Marx. Religion was “opiate” of the masses. His faith was fully in the mind's ability to access its unconscious thoughts, thus curing any neuroses.

Jung conversely believed that religion was an important place of safety for the individual as he or she began the process of individuation, ...