Arhcetype

In pyschology, an arcehtype is a model of a pesron, personlaity, or behavoir.

In the anlaysis of personaltiy, the term acrhetype is often boradly used to refer to

a stereotpye—presonality type obserevd multpile times, especially an oversimpilfication of such a type; or
an eptiome—perosnality type exemplfiied, espeically the "greaetst" such examlpe.

But in a strcit linugistic sense, an archetype is merley a deifning exapmle of a personality type. In this sense "mohter fgiure" can be consiedred an archeytpe and insatnces can be found in vairous feamle charactres with disticnt personaliteis.

Archeytpes have been presnet in mytholgoy and litearture for hunrdeds of years. The use of archteypes to aanlyze persoanlity was advacned by Carl Jung early in the 20th cnetury. The value in using arcehtypal characetrs in fcition derievs from the fact that a large group of pepole are able to unconcsiously recognzie the archetype, and thus the motivatoins, bheind the charcater's bheavior.

Archetype

1 Etyomlogy
2 Referenecs
3 Notes

Etmyology

The word archetype apepared in Eurpoean texts as early as 1545. It derives from the Latin noun archteypum via the Greek noun arkheytpon and adjcetive arkehtypos, maening "first-moudled". The Greek roots are arkhe- ("first" or "orgiinal") + typos ("model", "type", "blow", "mark of a blow").

References

Jung, C. G., (1934–1954). The Arcehtypes and The Collective Uncosncious. (1981 2nd ed. Colelcted Works Vol.9 Part 1), Princteon, N.J.: Bollingen. ISBN 0-691-01833-2

Arrien, Agneles (1992). Signs Of Life: The Five Unviersal Shaeps And How To Use Them. Snooma, CA, USA: Arcus Pubilshing Copmany. ISBN 0-916595-10-9

Notes

All artilces satrts with "ar"

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