Jung’s Collective Unconscious and Freudian Psychoanalysis

Carl Jung’s Collective Unconscious (1875-1961)

I: The Unconscious Mind

The unconscious mind encompasses everything not currently in consciousness but accessible to it.

Personal Unconscious

This layer includes forgotten memories and repressed experiences that attract or repel us. Unlike Freud’s view, Jung did not include instincts here.

Collective Unconscious

This is an evolutionary product, a shared, innate knowledge everyone is born with, of which we are unaware. It indirectly influences our experiences

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Essential Concepts in Database Management, E-Commerce, and BI

Database Management Systems

  • DBMS Software Components

    A Database Management System (DBMS) contains five important software components. One of these is the: Data Definition Subsystem.

  • Primary and Foreign Keys

    Every primary key can also be used as a: Foreign Key (when referencing another table).

  • Storing Facts About Information (Metadata)

    If you needed to store facts about the information you were collecting, you would use a: Data Dictionary.

  • Unique Identification Field

    If your phone number was used in a clothing

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Media Representation of Ethnicity and Gender in Music Videos

Ethnicity in Music Videos

Duran Duran – Rio (1982)

Representation: Ethnicity is largely absent or tokenized. The video features a white British band surrounded by exotic, tropical imagery, filmed in locations like Antigua. Women featured are racially ambiguous or white, and largely passive.

  • Key Example: The tropical backdrop is used to enhance the band’s glamour, but the local culture or people are not acknowledged — the setting becomes a backdrop for white luxury.
  • Theory Link: Said’s Orientalism
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Analyzing Visual Content and Argument Structure

Picture Analysis Template

In this picture, we can see [who/what: a group of students / an older couple / several workers] in [place: a modern office / a busy street / a small classroom]. At first sight, the scene looks quite [calm / hectic / cheerful / tense].

Closer Observation

Looking more closely, the people seem to be [verb+ing: working together, having a serious discussion, studying for an exam]. Key details include:

  • One person is [detail 1].
  • Whereas another is [detail 2].

In the background, there

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ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਆਕਰਨ: ਧੁਨੀ, ਅੱਖਰ, ਲਗਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਬਣਤਰ ਸਿੱਖੋ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਆਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਮੂਲ ਅੰਗ: ਧੁਨੀ ਅਤੇ ਅੱਖਰ ਬੋਧ

ਧੁਨੀ ਬੋਧ (Phonology) ਅਤੇ ਅੱਖਰ ਬੋਧ (Orthography) ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਆਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ ਭਾਗ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਛੋਟੀਆਂ ਇਕਾਈਆਂ—ਧੁਨੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲਿਖਣ ਲਈ ਵਰਤੇ

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Key Concepts in Microbial Ecology and Metabolism

Microbiology Key Concepts


Molecular Motors and Motility

  • Molecular motors: Convert chemical energy into mechanical energy.
  • Bacteria: Ion flow drives flagellar rotation.
  • Archaea: Utilize ATP hydrolysis for motility.
  • Microscale motion: Non-reciprocal due to low Reynolds number.

Microbial Nutrient Cycling

  • Biogeochemical cycles: Involve the oxidation of substrates; cycles are interlinked (Carbon, Nitrogen, Sulfur).
  • Carbon cycle: Key determinant of ecosystem productivity and water quality.

Carbon and Energy Metabolism

  • Autotrophs:
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Balance of Payments: Theory, Policy, and Institutions

Balance of Payments: Theory and Policy

The Balance of Payments, also known as Balance of International Payments (BoP), of a country is the record of all economic transactions between the residents of the country and the rest of the world in a particular period. Transactions are made by individuals, firms, and government bodies; they include payments for the country’s exports and imports of goods, services, financial capital, and financial transfers.

Balancing Mechanisms

If the current account is in

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The Northern Ireland Conflict: History, Peace, and Politics

The Northern Ireland Conflict: Communities and Paramilitary Groups

In Northern Ireland, there are two main communities:

  • Unionists (mostly Protestant, seeking to remain part of the United Kingdom).
  • Republicans (mostly Catholic, seeking to join the Republic of Ireland).

During The Troubles (1968–1998), both sides maintained paramilitary groups. Key groups included:

  • Unionist/Loyalist Side: The UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force), the UDR (Ulster Defence Regiment), and the LVF (Loyalist Volunteer Force).
  • Republican
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UML and System Modeling Techniques for Software Design

Chapter 5: System Modeling Fundamentals

System Modeling

  • System modeling is the process of developing abstract models of a system, with each model presenting a different view or perspective of that system.
  • System modeling has now come to mean representing a system using some kind of graphical notation, which is now almost always based on notations in the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
  • System modeling helps the analyst to understand the functionality of the system, and models are used to communicate
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SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management: 80 Key Configuration Concepts

SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management: Key Concepts and Administration

P1. Which elements can be managed in the Customizations workspace?

  • Create additional classifier types
  • Manage and create attributes

P2. Which statements are true regarding business units?

  • Elements that have no assigned business unit are visible to all users.
  • Calculation runs are completed separately for each business unit.

P3. One of your payees is locked out of their account. How do you unlock the account?

  • In SAP SuccessFactors Incentive
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