What does Carl Jung's collective unconscious mean?

Answer by  Johnson2231 (237)

He had a hypothesis that all humans and life forms share some basic, primordial thoughts. It is the part of the consciousness that is inherited, not developed. It is the most primitive part of consciousness.

Answer by  tamarawilhite (17883)

It means that we all have the same basic mental hard-wiring in our unconcious brains. We all have the images of the youth struggling to grow up, the nurturing mother, the monsters in the dark that may eat us, the fear of falling, the fear of the unknown, and other "archetypes".

Answer by  dhuoda (1431)

It refers to things in our minds which we have inherited but which we are not conscious of. Unlike memories, which are personal and can be forgotten or unconscious, the collective unconscious is universal and we have no awareness of what is in it or it came from.

Answer by  ShayanFCB (366)

Carl Jung's collective unconscious refers to the belief that everyone in the world has the same hereditary information stored in them