Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, identified four developmental stages that outline the growth of the human psyche. These stages are critical in understanding the progression of consciousness and personality development throughout an individual's life. The Four Stages Childhood: This stage is characterized by the development of the ego, where consciousness begins to emerge from …
Principles of Cognitive Load Theory
Cognitive Load Theory (CLT), developed by John Sweller in the 1980s, focuses on the limitations of working memory and the strategies to optimize learning. It emphasizes managing cognitive load to enhance educational outcomes. Key Principles Intrinsic Load: Refers to the inherent difficulty of the material being learned. It depends on the complexity and interactivity of …
The Spiral of Growth: Exploring Jung’s Theory of Type Development
In the realm of personality psychology, Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types offers profound insights into how individuals develop and use their cognitive functions. Whether we lean toward sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, these functions exist within us from birth and shape how we process the world. However, developing these functions is a lifelong …
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Guided by the Stars
When everything requires a thought, It’s a challenge from the start. Confusion brews out of sight, I search for clarity with all my might, Wishing once again to hold you tight. As days sink into nights, What once was joy now evokes fright. The sky turns black, The eagle’s wings cease to flap. My eyes …
The Grace of Accepting Fate
I have learned to live in chaos, become friends with demons of the past, live in parallel to afflictions. The inevitable vaporization into dust never absent from mind. Despite this, consistently finding time to unwind, with limitations on the extent to which I permit the tape of time to rewind. Reviewing with the intent to extract …
Untangling Double Binds in Communication
A double bind is a paradoxical situation that arises within the context of interpersonal communication. This double bind situation involves one of the individuals receiving conflicting messages on different levels of communication. Moreover, regardless of the individual's response to the message, the result is some form of punishment. In their paper "Toward a Theory of …
Reflecting Change
Discover what was written before the doors close once more, Let all those frozen memories and hollow doubts fall to the floor. For what once lived is but a vapor; So, do not fear those shadows that try to speak your name, Do not entertain them by playing in their games. Instead, carry on like …
The Role of Habits and Energy in Everyday Life
So much of life is reflecting on whether something is still serving you or not. For example, habits and mental shortcuts (heuristics) are necessary to navigate daily life. These habitual behaviors help to free energy or reduce the energetic cost required from interacting with one’s environment. However, this reliance on habitual modes of operating …
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Untouched Imaginings
A culture of empiricism rooted in the credo that "seeing is believing,"While overlooking the suffering caused by errors of perceiving. Fitting into the correct narrative serves to mold what we believe and hold,While forming inner contradictions that accelerate the rate at which we grow old. Increased inflammation from working in a state of ceaseless agitation,Always …
A Two Sided Truth 