2007-03-20 13:50:45 · 5 answers · asked by cindywoman120 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
is a generic, idealized model of a person, object or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality or behavior.
2007-03-20 14:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
–noun 1. the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
2. (in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.
2007-03-20 20:53:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put it in normal people terms in relation to psych, it is where you inherit the traits and memories, or part of, of your parents and they had memories and experiences that were handed down from their parents and so on. So within our archtype there are various experiences and emotions and identities that we have never experienced, but are handed down to us. Like when you get the feeling like you have done something or been somewhere before, and you know you havent, it is because that experience has been handed down through your archtype and someone before you has.
2007-03-20 20:55:34 · answer #3 · answered by Devin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is like the original model of something; like a prototype and more things are derived from it.
2007-03-24 10:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by Solomon Grundy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a model, example of perfection, someone to look up to
2007-03-20 20:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by Jman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋