ined in more detail afterexplaining Types. There are also 2 classes of conscious behavior: A. Introverted, which are people who are content to stay within theirown psyche. They base their whole life on analyzing their mind. B. Extroverted, which are people who seek out other people. They careabout the outside world and adjust to it. Also, one of the two classes usually dominates, and rarely does one seean individual with perfectly balanced classes of behavior. Jung said thatan ego is a filter from the senses to the conscious mind. All egorejections go to the personal subconscious. The ego is highly selective.Every day we are subjected to a vast number of experiences, most of whichdo not become conscious because the ego eliminates them before they reachconsciousness. This differs from Freud's definition of ego, which westudied in class. The personal subconscious acts like a filing cabinet forthose ego rejections. Clusters of related thoughts in the personalsubconscious form Complexes. One type of complex we have talked about inclass is the Oedipus Complex. For example, if one has a mother complex,(s)he can not be independent of his/her mother or a similar figure.Complexes are often highly visible to people, but unfelt by the individualwho has the complex. As already mentioned, complexes can be revealed byword association, which will cause hang-ups, if mentioned. A strong ortotal complex will dominate the life of a person, and weak or partialcomplex will drive a person in a direction of it, but not too strongly. Acomplex, as Jung discovered, need not be a hindrance to a person'sadjustment. In fact, quite the contrary. They can be and often aresources of inspiration and drive which are essential for outstandingachievement. Complexes are really suppressed feelings. Say you want to bea fireman, but your parents don't let you, so you might have suppressedfeelings about it and let it drive you, so you might think that firemen areheroes, becaus...
