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Perspectives on Personality: Jung’s Word Association Test

After watching Lisa and Sarah complete Jung’s Word Association test, answer the following questions:

Did you see any themes or characteristic ways of responding in their responses? If so, what impressions did you have?

Lisa’s Responses (50-75 words) I noticed Lisa was saying opposites to the words, like ‘white’ and ‘black’ and ‘sad’ and ‘happy’ but the majority of her responses were what the word associations mean to her. For example, when the word ‘child’ was said, she responded with a name, presumably her child. When asked the questions again, her responses were the same as the previous ones, so I assume this is how most people would respond to the word association test.

Sarah’s Responses (50-75 words) Sarah seemed hesitant at first getting into the flow of the test, but quickly eased into it with passion. She seems to respond with words that she associates with the words in the test. Sarah’s responses are unique and she seems to respond on the personal side rather than just an opposite word or word at random.

Did you notice anything of significance in either of their responses? Any long latencies to respond to any particular words, any tendencies to use particularly colorful, creative, or imaginative associations, or anything else that struck you? (75-100 words).

One thing that shocked me was when Lisa responded to “dead” with “mom.” She made it personal just like with the word “child” she responded with “Olivia.” I anticipated her to respond with “alive” but surprised with her response. My sister passed in 2021 and I believe I would have responded the same way, because the word is not associated with anything until you lose someone especially close to you. She also did not give a response to the word “swim” there was a delay and then she said she didn’t know. Sarah would respond with words that gave them more meaning. Her second round of answers were different which speaks to her creativity. It also speaks to her character when she responded with “me” to the word “pride”

If you were to compare or contrast Lisa and Sarah in relation to their responses, how would you characterize those differences and what might they say about them and their different personalities?

Lisa’s responses show she is in a caregiver role, like a mother and a wife. She also seemed like gentle and caring person who is very quiet. Sarah’s responses seemed to have a lot of emotion to them. She seems to have a free-spirited personality who is very expressive and passionate.

Perspectives on Personality: Jung’s Word Association Test

After watching Lisa and Sarah complete Jung’s Word Association test, answer the following

questions:

1. Did you see any themes or characteristic ways of responding in their responses? If so,

what impressions did you have?

Lisa’s Responses (50-75 words)

I noticed Lisa was saying opposites to the words, like ‘white’ and ‘black’ and ‘sad’ and

‘happy’ but the majority of her responses were what the word associations mean to her.

For example, when the word ‘child’ was said, she responded with a name, presumably her

child. When asked the questions again, her responses were the same as the previous ones,

so I assume this is how most people would respond to the word association test.

Sarah’s Responses (50-75 words)

Sarah seemed hesitant at first getting into the flow of the test, but quickly eased into it

with passion. She seems to respond with words that she associates with the words in the

test. Sarah’s responses are unique and she seems to respond on the personal side rather

than just an opposite word or word at random.

2. Did you notice anything of significance in either of their responses? Any long latencies

to respond to any particular words, any tendencies to use particularly colorful, creative, or

imaginative associations, or anything else that struck you? (75-100 words).

One thing that shocked me was when Lisa responded to “dead” with “mom.” She made it

personal just like with the word “child” she responded with “Olivia.” I anticipated her to

respond with “alive” but surprised with her response. My sister passed in 2021 and I

believe I would have responded the same way, because the word is not associated with

anything until you lose someone especially close to you. She also did not give a response

to the word “swim” there was a delay and then she said she didn’t know.

Sarah would respond with words that gave them more meaning. Her second round of

answers were different which speaks to her creativity. It also speaks to her character when

she responded with “me” to the word “pride”

3. If you were to compare or contrast Lisa and Sarah in relation to their responses, how

would you characterize those differences and what might they say about them and their

different personalities?

Personality (PY 370)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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