Frank is a 60- year-old man who is well-loved in his community since he was a boy. He is someone who is outgoing, a party lover, and love to have fun hanging out with peers. Frank is confident about life. From an early age he knew exactly what he wanted to become, and now as a man, he is confident about his career and family and want to leave them a good life when he departs this life. Frank express that he is not afraid of dying but he wants them to be ok when he is gone. At work Frank is helpful to his colleagues, and even in his community he is well-known among the elderly since he is always putting on Christmas treats for them. Imagine that Frank is your colleague, and that your boss asks you to write a character reference for Frank. Using Jung’s personality theory to guide your writing, present a minimum one- page character reference in which you spell out Franks behaviour, his outlook on life, his philosophy about people and all the other important things you know about him. Ensure you point out how these different parts of Franks life fits into Jung’s theory and overall what Jung’s theoretical concept says about him.

 

Jung's personality theory-  

Carl Gustav Jung's research was deep-rooted in psychoanalysis and was a Swiss Psychiatrist. He was greatly influenced by Freud and had also worked with him. He had research in personality, the human psyche, and dream analysis.  

Jung gave this theory based on different learning styles or attitudes. Jung distinguished the human personality on the basis of types of attitudes:  

Introvert vs. Extrovert  Perceiving vs. Judging Thinking vs. Feeling  Intuition vs. Sensation

Explanation:

Introvert people are those that have their own world, own privacy, feeling exhausted while having interactions with others and obtain energized in their own company, wish to observe others before getting started, quiet, first listen, watch then reflect.  Extrovert people are those that like to interact with different people, like to enjoy parties, get energized within the outer world, would like working in groups, like to socialize, able to jump in without prior guidance.  Frank has an 'extroversion' personality who may be a lover of outgoing and enjoying parties with peers, likes to socialize, and generating ideas from people.   Perceiving- people that don't have firm decisions and alter their decisions on getting new information.  Judging- people that are firm on their decisions and don't change their decisions on any new information.  Frank may be a judging sort of person, he has firm decisions.  Thinking- Those people that make decisions on the idea of some reason and logic but not on the idea of emotions.  Feeling- Those people that believe in relationships first and make their decisions emotionally.  Frank may be a Thinking sort of one that isn't afraid to die and is prepared to go away his family to be ok.  Intuition- wish to work briefly sessions, considering ideas for the longer term, not practical, always brooding about future goals, belief in theories.  Sensation- specialize in this, reasonable and practical, solver.  Frank is wise as he's not a daydreamer, confident about his life, and knows what to try to do in his life and for his family.