Last updated on:
2/27/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Carl Gustav Jung, MD Biography
- Title:
- Psychiatrist and Former President of the International General Medical Society for Psychotherapy
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“The role homosexuality plays in modern society is enormous. It is partly the consequence of the mother-complex [nurture], partly a purposive phenomenon [nature]”
Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, 1961
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Key Experts
MD's and PhD's in psychology, with significant post-doctorate involvement in human sexuality issues. [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.] - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Delivered Terry Lectures, Psychology and Religion, at Harvard University, 1938
- Named president of the International General Medical Society for Psychotherapy, 1933
- Founded the Psychological Club in Zurich, 1916
- First president of the International Psychoanalytical Association, 1910
- Named editor of Yearbook for Psychoanalytic and Psychopathological Research, 1908
- Introduced the concepts of “archetype”, “word association”, and “psychological complex”
- Honorary Doctorate, Oxford University
- Education:
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- MD, University of Zurich, 1902
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- Born: 1875
- Died: 1961
