Pass Jung's Association Test. Free association method - Young's test. Your main word. Carl Jung test

Recently, the word “Test” has caused a trigger for most users, associated with a huge number of questionnaires a la “Who are you from the series “Univer””, “Can you survive the zombie apocalypse?” or “How suitable is Brad Pitt for you?” The validity of such diagnostics is rapidly approaching zero, and even the method of scientific poking has nothing to do with it. Because a random set of results is only an indicator of how violently the ideas about the essence of testing in general, and from the point of view of psychology, in particular, have degraded. And, even tested, valid questionnaires are discredited by the strange interpretation of the results and the test object itself.

In the case of this test, approximately the same story happened. When various kinds of coaches on finding the meaning of life, mothers from baby forums and schoolchildren from near-psychological publics reached him, they began to call him “My problem”, “Find yourself”, etc. Which, in general, seems to be distantly related to the original idea, but, in terms of settings, resembles word of mouth, when the phrase “Uncle Vanya fell off his bike yesterday” turns into “Baba Klava gave birth to twins today.” Therefore, in this article we will try to figure out what is true and what is false, and, of course, conduct self-analysis based on the results of the questionnaire.

Without going into the historical details of the technique, I want to start with the fact that the method of free association is the most famous technique, which has hardly changed over the hundred years of its existence. Of course, he has Freudian supporters and critics from humanistic psychology, but the scientific nature of the experiment takes place, which, by the way, is still used by marketers, managers, various advanced managers and, by the way, everyone’s favorite NLP has legs too they grow from there.

And its essence is very truthfully described in Karel Capek’s story “Professor Rouss’s Experiment,” where, despite the author’s specific manner of presentation, the exact practical application of this phenomenon is revealed. Namely. Our brain is designed in such a way that when we need to remember something, it is encoded by a set of visual images, information from the senses and associated emotions and sensations in the body. That is, by what is already in our long-term memory. Moreover, all these “pieces of memory” are also, in turn, encoded by a similar set, which is why the activation of one of the memories activates entire circuits. These are associations and chains of associations.

Our beloved Carl Jung used free association as a lie detector because it helped determine a person's motivation. Thanks to this technique, a person can come to the realization of what is gnawing at him and begin to eliminate his psychological problems. Thus, first of all, this test does not serve to solve any difficulties according to the principle: “Anuka! Solve the problem!”, and is aimed, first of all, at identifying intrapsychic conflicts, unconscious fears, feelings of guilt, denial and everything that is not visible on the surface.

However, for the initial formulation, you need a set of words that are associated with the problematic situation that has developed at the moment. As a result of analysis of which, by pulling the selected keywords like a string, and bringing to light the main associations associated with it, one can clearly identify the influence of the subconscious, since the activation of many associations occurs simultaneously and in a fraction of a second.

So, if you have read this far, it means you are fully interested, motivated, and ready to take the test and interpret it. First of all, let me tell you what you can get with this method?

1. Awareness of what influences our perception and subconscious attitude towards a situation/phenomenon/fact. Even if we complete the task and do nothing else to work on the area from which we chose the word, and after three to six months we repeat the exercise, we will get a different result and see that the attitude towards the keyword has changed. This is how awareness works: by unloading thoughts and associations onto White list, people simply cannot help but start analyzing them.

2. Transformational effect. Conscious perception changes the attitude, and this also has an explanation in the mechanisms of memory: scientists have found that we do not remember the event itself, but the last memory of it. The more new associations we attach to a keyword, the more the circuit activated by that word will change. The emotions that color these associations will determine how much the overall emotional coloring of the chain will change - and what feelings we will have the next time we remember this word. And we know that the brighter the emotion, the stronger and faster the rewriting effect will be.

3. We receive a ready-made map for further work and clarification of the request. It becomes clear what can be used as a resource, and what and why needs to be changed.

Let's begin! For the exercise to be effective, it should be performed in absolute peace and solitude, try to write down the first associations that arise, without unnecessary thought, no matter how strange they may be.

We choose the word we will work with. If there are financial difficulties, then let it be the word “Money”. If you feel lonely, write “Love”. If you feel a lack of attention from management, feel free to put “Work”, etc. Next, as quickly as possible and without hesitation, enter into the left column of the sample table below (yours is handwritten!) all the associations that arise with this word - any phrases, catchphrases, words, any case, gender or part of speech. Next, fill out the second column - you need to combine words into pairs - 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, etc. In the second column you need to enter associations that arise when combining words into pairs. To fill out the third column you need to do the same. Combine the 8 words received in pairs and display associations; do the same with the 4th column. As a result, you get a key word - something with which you can unravel the tangle of conflicts and get rid of negative attitudes. PS: try not to repeat associations, even in different columns.

Transcript Free association method - Jung's test. As you already understand, the result can only be truly interpreted by you. Let me make a reservation right away - don’t even dream that the results will predict the future. They will write what to do, how to behave, and you will step towards that very bright thing at the end of the tunnel called “Zen”. First of all, pronouncing these associations in itself has an excellent effect on realizing a particular fact. Secondly, the key of the unconscious is not the result, such as the current situation and not the expected development of events, but, perhaps, fear or denial of the obvious, which does not allow you to free yourself from the burden.

When analyzing, pay attention to such things as positive and negative words, which ones are more numerous and in which column they are located. If the same association comes to you at different levels again and again (although you cannot repeat already used words in the method), then this is a hint from your subconscious. Most likely, the chain triggered by this particular word affects your perception the most and is an obsessive thought, the deciphering of which is worth thinking about more carefully. Compare how well the key matches your conscious ideas about the root of the problem. Think about what you could change at various levels so that a negative outcome (if any) becomes an optimistic one. Watch your own emotions when writing the test. If the association you find is yours, you will feel it literally. After all, it is impossible to hide from yourself whether you are comfortable with such a result or not and what sign it turned out to be.

The “16 Associations” exercise-test helps to identify the deep roots of any problem, get to the bottom, real reason the problems you have, as well as other people’s life programs that prevent you from achieving success in a certain area of ​​life.

The test is quite simple and takes 10-15 minutes to complete. What is needed to carry it out? You need a piece of paper and a pen. On a piece of paper you need to draw the following sign:

Research word

Now comes the fun part! You need to take any area where you think you have a problem: family, health, happiness, love, man, woman, children, sex, work, leisure, vocation, money...

That is, it can be anything. The test is universal and allows you to identify the source of imbalance in any area that you decide to explore.

Let’s take the topic “MONEY” as an example. And if you haven’t chosen any area for research, then also stop at money. I am sure that the results of the study will surprise you and allow you to look at your area personal finance from a completely different side.

Now quickly, without much thinking, write in the first (left) column of the table 16 associations associated with the word MONEY (your word under study).

I hope it’s clear what an association is. It can be any word, phrase, catchphrase, interjection... And it is not necessarily related in meaning to the main word - money!
Did you manage? Great!

Don’t read further until you do this, otherwise I know you, the main thing is to run through the text diagonally and run further. Don’t do this, otherwise you will get everything again as always - zilch on vegetable oil. Thought must end in action. Once in her book “Where they distribute unconditional faith in themselves,” Tatyana Morozova wrote about what real understanding of something is.

“Understanding leads to the fact that a person PHYSICALLY cannot remain who he was before. Otherwise understanding is just an illusion. I understood - that means I did it. Anyone who has once experienced what it means to do what is yours will never agree to a surrogate. For example, when a person understands that the cause of his illness is hyper-touchiness, then he physically cannot continue to be offended by anyone. Understanding is necessarily supported by actions. No action - no understanding.
Understanding comes to the head through the heart, i.e. through feelings that give a person necessary energy to translate understanding into action. It's as if the person internal source energy appears and he finds ways to bring his plans to life.”

This quote makes you look at some things differently. Why do you seem to understand everything, but don’t do anything? This means that this is really an illusion of understanding, and you yourself are still far from it! Now you have a valuable criterion of understanding; if it is not met, then it is an illusion.

After we got rid of illusions and still completed this simple task - we wrote 16 associations that first came to mind for the word under study, we go further and fill out the second column.

It is also easy to fill out - now connect the first word with the second, the third with the fourth, the fifth with the sixth, etc. and write in the second column from the left the KEY ASSOCIATION DERIVED FROM A PAIR OF WORDS!

By the way, an association is not a conclusion! That is, the association can be anything, not necessarily logically connected with the previous words. The words “rest” and “health” may cause someone to associate “resort”, while others may associate it with “sanatorium” (I remember my first package holiday, where I improved my health). The most important thing here is to feel that it is this word, and no other, that jumps out of the subconscious as uniting this pair of words.

So, in the second column you have 8 words.

The next stage (have you guessed it yet?) is to again connect the first word with the second, the third with the fourth, and so on, and write key associations in the third column in the same way. Now there will be 4 of them!

And then, as you might guess, combine the words again, derive associations again (2 in total). And finally, by combining the last two words you get the final association. What do you associate the word MONEY with (your research word)!

The last word is the key!
How do you like this word? Are you surprised or is this the expected result? How did you feel while doing this task? And were you interested? Have you discovered something new about yourself?

Quite often it turns out a complete surprise, what kind of associations can jump out of the subconscious. What can you say about last word? What does it mean to you?

To decipher the results, let’s take the interpretation outlined by Elena Shubina in her book “How to Attract Money.”
The general decryption looks like this:

Analyzing the first column

The first column of words reflects several points at once:

1. Our “level of reality”. This is what fills our daily life. At the level of reality, our “stamps” “live”, beliefs that have no serious basis, but nevertheless influence our lives.

For example, a good half of city residents claim that they are afraid of mice, rats, snakes, and enter the entrance almost with their eyes closed, but rarely have any of them ever seen a live mouse in their entrance! Why are they afraid of them? This is a cliche - “women are afraid of mice,” and since I’m a woman, I should be afraid.

The same thing happens with money (any other word being studied). We think in cliches and these cliches are clearly visible in the first column.

Money is dirt, money is a lie, money is a test, money is pity, money is charity, big money is obtained dishonestly, etc.

It's interesting that money is such a topic that everyone has something to say about. But few of those who talk about money actually have money. Therefore, discussions about money are, by definition, the most stupid. Few of the disputants understand what they are talking about we're talking about, but nevertheless, everyone has cliches in their heads.

2. At the first level of our test, the strategy for obtaining what we are studying is also very visible. In our example, the strategy for getting money.

Someone is an honest hard worker and his words: “Work, plow, hard, tired, don’t give, boss, salary...”.
And someone thinks that money should fall from the sky: “I want it, give it to me, a bank, a yacht, a plane, a cruise, an inheritance...”.

Analyze how you are doing with the way you receive money.
The first person from my example will most likely work hard and conscientiously all his life, but if easy money comes into his life (let’s say he receives an inheritance), he will not know what to do with it, and “out of grief” he will get sick or will drink.
The second one will continue to wait for the weather by the sea, be angry that the yachts still don’t arrive, and be offended by the world. But it is unlikely that it would occur to him that money can simply be earned.

It happens that a person has already outgrown the previous strategy, like short pants, but still does not understand that it is time to abandon it. So the Ugly Duckling, who had long ago become a Swan, out of habit hid from the swan flock in the bushes.

3. Also, the first column of words allows you to assess the level of pessimism- optimism regarding your money situation.

To determine it, read 16 words and try to evaluate - as you get closer to the end, do the words become more optimistic or less optimistic?

If the level of optimism goes up - good! This means that no matter what financial situation you are in now, you will overcome everything! You're on on the right track, and you will be fine.

If the level of optimism goes down - bad! But I hope that thanks to the test results, you will reconsider some of your beliefs and achieve success in a timely manner!

4. The next thing we analyze in the first column is - these are induced (transposed, imposed) fears and beliefs on us. Sometimes they are also called “mind viruses.” This is something that for some reason you took into account, although if you think about it, it has nothing to do with you.

So, parents very often transfer their fears onto their children! A lot of money is a shame. But my parents picked up this belief at a time when it was completely impossible to earn a lot by honest work unless you belonged to a very narrow bohemian or scientific stratum. Therefore, they sincerely believed in it. But for what reason do you still carry this belief with you?

There is simply a darkness of false and alien attitudes floating in our consciousness! We are saturated through and through with other people's ideas, plans, motives and fears. Now we have a difficult task ahead of us - to catch these OTHERS' problems in our test!

I asked you to write this test by hand on a piece of paper! And this is very important precisely in order to detect “strangers”!
Interesting! People often identify handwritten “virus words” using hidden signs (mistakes, blots, a word is written with a capital letter, and all the rest are written with a small letter, or, conversely, the word is written smaller or larger).

When I performed this test myself, it turned out that I wrote all the words carefully and completely, and only one word was not completely written - responsibility. When I began to think about him, my mother immediately appeared before my eyes, telling me that big money is always a responsibility.

But analysis of handwritten writing is not the only way detection of "strangers". Do the following - read the first column out loud, quickly, in one breath, trying to pronounce the words clearly and tracking your emotions and bodily sensations.

Most likely, at some word, a wave of disagreement will rise in you, as if it was not you who wrote it. You may even feel a drop in energy, instant fatigue and apathy.

Among the 16 words I wrote down, the word “labor” became such a word. And then again the picture of my mother surfaced, as she said that you need to work hard so that everything in your life is good.

Elena Shubina gives the following example in her book:

Even without being an expert in psychology, you can feel that the person who wrote this set of associations is a hard worker, standing firmly on his feet, understanding a lot about earthly pleasures, and oriented towards the future.

But where did this terrible word “begging” come from? It rudely breaks into the list of associations linguistically (if this word belonged to the person himself, he would have written - poverty). And it breaks the connection between the logical block, where the main motives and strategy of this person are clearly visible (work well - have a good rest, and don’t forget about the children). It becomes clear what this person spends his energy on. To avoid this very “begging” at any cost.

When I asked the person who wrote this column about the origin of the word “begging,” he remembered that as a child his mother often yelled at him: “Study, you stupid thing, if you don’t learn, they won’t hire you, you’ll be begging!” He studied, graduated from two universities, works hard in a management position at a state enterprise, because he is sure that it is more stable. Many times I received invitations to go to private business both for a salary and as a partner, but he always refused. Why? He says that he doesn’t like to take risks, but at the same time he drives a car at great speed, he goes bear hunting in the taiga alone, that is, you can’t call him not a risk taker. He says that he has slowed down. He promises himself to change something, but does not find the strength.

Is he afraid of poverty? Yes, but he tries not to think about it; if such a thought comes, he drowns it out with a shot of good vodka. This is a typical case. After working with the test and removing maternal programming, I tried to combine my main job with management in a private business. Now he runs a large timber processing plant in Siberia.

Other people's fears and beliefs take away a lot from us more strength and energy than their own, and force them to do completely unthinkable things! It has been noticed that the most common way to drown out the “voice” of someone else’s beliefs is alcohol. Is this why in our country, where everyone lived only according to orders, there are so many people who drink heavily?

But let's get back to the test.

When you find thought-form viruses on your list, think about their origin. Perhaps you will remember the edifying look of the old teacher, the instructions of the father and the admonitions of the grandparents. But oddly enough, most often we all remember our mother. That's who basically puts everything in our heads.

Now that you understand where you got it from and, perhaps, even remembered how much you had to lose or not do because of it, give up this word - belief!

How? Just cross it out and write a new one in its place! Any word, not necessarily close in meaning, but chosen by you personally.

Let's move on to analyzing the second column

The second column is the level of intelligence! That's what I think about it! Let me explain... The fact is that most people do not think about their problems at all. They bathe in them, live in them, worry about them, talk a lot, but think very little! But in vain... Sometimes a good, strong, unemotional analysis would give much more than hours of exciting conversations.

At this level, your own limiting beliefs come out!

Example:
Not sure
Equality
Age
Asking is bad

In decoding it would sound like this:
This won't work for me.
I don't have enough education... start-up capital... experience...
Wrong age... It's too late... Etc.

Analyze the second column of your test and find limiting beliefs and obstacles in it. If there are any, think about them by asking: “Why do I think this is so?”

Each time, ask yourself a clarifying question until you are convinced that you have arrived at the absurd. Having caught yourself on the absurdity of the arguments, laugh at them and part with your conviction, like shoes that have gone out of fashion.

Here is an example of a typical dialogue between a psychologist and a person stuck in his belief:

- Belief: I’m not the same age anymore.
- What is “that” age?
- Well, 20 years.
- When you were 20 years old, what could you do?
- Nothing.
- And now?
- Now I can, I have education and experience.
- So why do you think that the age is wrong?
- Health is not the same.
- What does “that” health mean?
- Young.
- There were rich people in your family
- Yes, my great-grandfather was very rich, he returned from the mines at the age of 40, opened a shop, became a merchant...
- How old was grandfather when he started, and did he have good health?
Yes, no, he returned from the mines, completely ill.
So it's not a matter of health or age?
- It turns out that yes...

This is the kind of dialogue you need to have with yourself for every limiting belief. It is better if the dialogue is conducted in writing.

Let's look at the third column - What is the reason?

The third column is the level of feelings! It shows our “emotional hooks”! “Tails” of the past, fears, causes of emotional conflicts.

Example:
Want
Afraid
Lie
Mother

These are the words from a young woman's test. At the time of testing, she was planning to marry a rich man and move abroad. Her parents categorically did not approve of her choice. This was already the third candidate for husband, the previous two were rejected thanks to their parents. The woman was afraid of her parents, afraid of men, their money, possible changes in life, everything... But the reason lay precisely in the fear of maternal condemnation.

Take a close look at this column of just four words, and perhaps you will understand real reasons not only financial, but also general ill-being.

Interesting! From the words in the third column you can usually create an expression that can be used as a kind of “slogan” or motto! Play with words and make up a phrase. Sometimes it’s just a call to action, even if it’s written in capital letters and hung on the wall. And sometimes, as in the case of our heroine, the quintessence of internal experiences.

I had 4 words in the third column:
Target
Confidence
Job
Luck

The slogan turned out to be as follows: My goal gives confidence that work will bring good luck

Analysis of the fourth and fifth columns is the key to yourself

What are these last key words for you? Think about it!

There is no standard transcript for the last three words. Usually this is a tool for analysis or a hint for further psychological work. There, a person’s key fears, true and not far-fetched causes of problems, as well as genuine motives can “pop out”. One thing is clear, if the meaning of the words - the keys - is far from the associated concept (in our case, this is money), the root of the problem lies in spheres and planes that are far from the sphere of money as such.

This means that the financial situation will not improve until it is worked out and resolved the real problem. As a rule, it is organically tied to one of three:
problem child-parent relationships;
self-esteem;
system of values

Now take a piece of paper and draw the last word!

If it's good, save the drawing! It's your energy resource!
If it’s bad, look at it for a while, say goodbye and solemnly burn it!

The work with the test is now complete. I hope it led you to some useful discoveries!

The idea of ​​a word association test came to Jung’s mind after one of his colleagues told him about W. Wundt’s association experiments. For Jung, this test is carried out like this: the analyst reads a series of words one after another to the patient. The patient must respond to each word by saying the first thing that comes to his mind. In this case, reaction time, changes in respiratory rate, skin conductivity and all other parameters that may indicate the patient’s emotional reaction are measured.

If the response to a particular word takes too long, changes the breathing rhythm or causes skin resistance, we can conclude that there are some subconscious problems associated with the proposed word or with the possible answer.

Jung used the word association test as a lie detector and even successfully exposed two criminals accused of theft.

Let's summarize. Jung's ideas have had a significant impact on wide areas of religion, history, art and literature. Many historians, theologians and writers have found a source of inspiration in his works. However, in general scientific psychology ignored him analytical psychology. Many of his books were never translated into English language up to the 60s of the XX century.

His disregard for traditional scientific methods seemed challenging to many experimental psychologists. For them, Jung's theories with their mystical and religious basis were even less acceptable than even the Freudian concept. In general, the reproaches expressed against the Freudian system can also be applied to the works of Jung. He also relied more on clinical observations and interpretations than on controlled experimentation.

Jung's distinction of eight psychological types personality has given rise to a number of quite interesting studies.

Of particular interest is the Myers-Briggs type indicator test for measuring the characteristics of psychological personality types.

This test was proposed in the 20s by K. Briggs and I. Briggs Myers - it has become a popular personality test and is used for applied purposes, in particular, in testing personal characteristics when applying for a job.

The identification of types of introverts/extroverts inspired G. Eysenck to improve the list of personal characteristics of people, which is intended to measure these two characteristics. Empirical studies using this test showed that some of Jung's concepts can be tested experimentally.

However, in general, as with Freud's ideas, most of Young's theory (the idea of ​​complexes, archetypes and the collective unconscious) turned out to be beyond the reach of scientific research.

The word association test is currently one of the standard projective techniques. It was thanks to him that such known method like a test inkblots Rorschach. In the concept of self-actualization one cannot help but see an anticipation of the position of A. Maslow and the entire line of humanistic psychology. Jung's hypothesis about what exactly average age is critical for personality development, was perceived by Maslow and E. Erica and was internalized throughout modern psychology personality.

Despite his enormous contributions, Jung's work has not received recognition in Western psychology. His ideas gained significant popularity only in the 70-80s, thanks to their mystical overtones.

Carl Jung used free association as a lie detector because it helped determine a person's motivation. Thanks to this technique, a person can come to the realization of what is gnawing at him and begin to eliminate his psychological problems. The “16 Associations” exercise works similar to Jung’s association test, and it will not take more than 15 minutes to complete. If you want to better understand own feelings and understand what you really need - Jung's association test is an unsurpassed assistant in this matter.

The human brain is designed in such a way that, if it is necessary to remember something, it is encoded by a set of visual images, information from the senses and associated sensations in the body and emotions.

What will you get from the “16 associations” exercise?

1. Become aware of what influences your perceptions and subconscious attitude to a situation/phenomenon/fact. Even if you make no attempt to work on the area from which the word was chosen, after 3-6 months you will get a completely different result when you take the test again. This is all the work of the subconscious - when thoughts and associations are put on paper, a person begins to analyze them in any case.

1. Transformational effect. Thanks to conscious perception, a change in attitude occurs and this is reasonable scientific explanation. A person remembers not the event itself, but the last memory associated with it. The more new associations we apply to a keyword, the more the circuit that is activated by that word will change. Depending on what emotions arise during associations, the change in the future emotional color of the chain and the feelings that will arise the next time this word is remembered depends. Thus, than brighter emotion, the stronger the overwriting effect.

1. You receive a ready-made card for further work over yourself - it becomes clear what can be used as a resource and what should be changed. The higher the awareness, the more determined a person is to change - this will help achieve maximum result after passing association test Cabin boy.

Jung's association test: exercise “16 associations”

For the exercise to be effective, it should be performed in absolute peace and solitude.

• Think about what word you would like to work with. For example, if you think that this moment are experiencing financial difficulties– let it be the word “money”, and if you consider yourself lonely – write the word “love”. Draw the following sign on a piece of paper:

• As quickly as possible, without hesitation, enter in the left column all the associations that you have with this word - any phrases, idioms, words.
• Next, fill out the second column - you need to combine the words into pairs - 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, etc. In the second column you need to enter associations that arise when combining words into pairs.
• To fill the third column, you need to do the same thing - combine the 8 words received in pairs and display associations; we do the same with the 4th column.
• As a result, you get a key word - something with which you can unravel the tangle of problems and get rid of negative attitudes.

How do you like this word? Are you surprised or is this the expected result? How did you feel while doing this task? And was it interesting? Have you discovered something new about yourself?

Quite often it turns out to be a complete surprise what kind of associations can jump out of the subconscious. What can you say about the last word? What does it mean to you?

The general breakdown of the results looks like this:

The first column of words reflects several points at once:

1. Our “level of reality”. This is what fills our daily lives. At the level of reality, our “stamps” “live”, beliefs that have no serious basis, but nevertheless influence our lives.

We think in cliches and these cliches are clearly visible in the first column. For example, if we take the word “money”:

Money is dirt, money is a lie, money is a test, money is pity, money is charity, big money is obtained dishonestly, etc.

It's interesting that money is such a topic that everyone has something to say about. But few of those who talk about money actually have money. Therefore, discussions about money are, by definition, the most stupid. Few of the debaters understand what they are talking about, but nevertheless, everyone has cliches in their heads.

2. At the first level of our test, the strategy for obtaining what we are studying is also very visible. In our example, the strategy for getting money.

Someone is an honest hard worker and his words: “Work, plow, it’s hard, tired, they don’t give it, the boss, the salary...”.
And someone thinks that money should fall from the sky: “I want it, give it to me, a bank, a yacht, a plane, a cruise, an inheritance...”.

Analyze how you are doing with the way you receive money.
The first person from my example will most likely work hard and conscientiously all his life, but if easy money comes into his life (let’s say he receives an inheritance), he will not know what to do with it, and “out of grief” he will get sick or will drink.
The second one will continue to wait for the weather by the sea, be angry that the yachts still don’t arrive, and be offended by the world. But it is unlikely that it would occur to him that money can simply be earned.

It happens that a person has already outgrown the previous strategy, like short pants, but still does not understand that it is time to abandon it. So the Ugly Duckling, who had long ago become a Swan, out of habit hid from the swan flock in the bushes.

3. Also, the first column of words allows you to assess the level of pessimism- optimism regarding your money situation.

To determine it, read 16 words and try to evaluate - as you get closer to the end, do the words become more optimistic or less optimistic?

4. The next thing we analyze in the first column is - these are induced (transposed, imposed) fears and beliefs on us. Sometimes they are also called “mind viruses.” This is something that for some reason you have adopted, although if you think about it, it has nothing to do with you.

So, parents very often transfer their fears onto their children! A lot of money is a shame.

There is simply a darkness of false and alien attitudes floating in our consciousness! We are saturated through and through with other people's ideas, plans, motives and fears. Now we have a difficult task ahead of us - to catch these OTHERS' problems in our test!

This test should be done by hand on a piece of paper! And this is very important precisely in order to detect “strangers”!
Interesting! People often identify handwritten “virus words” using hidden signs (mistakes, blots, a word is written with a capital letter, and all the rest are written with a small letter, or, conversely, the word is written smaller or larger).

However, analyzing what is written by hand is not the only way to detect “strangers”. Do the following - read the first column out loud, quickly, in one breath, trying to pronounce the words clearly and tracking your emotions and bodily sensations.

Most likely, at some word, a wave of disagreement will rise in you, as if it was not you who wrote it. You may even feel a drop in energy, instant fatigue and apathy.

When you find thought-form viruses on your list, think about their origin. Perhaps you will remember the edifying look of the old teacher, the instructions of the father and the admonitions of the grandparents. But oddly enough, most often we all remember our mother. That's who basically puts everything in our heads.

Now that you understand where it came from and, perhaps, even remembered how much you had to lose or not do because of it, give up this word - belief!

How? Just cross it out and write a new one in its place! Any word, not necessarily close in meaning, but chosen by you personally.

Let's move on to analyzing the second column

The second column is the level of intelligence! That's what I think about it! Let me explain... The fact is that most people do not think about their problems at all. They bathe in them, live in them, worry about them, talk a lot, but think very little! But in vain... Sometimes a good, strong, unemotional analysis would give much more than hours of exciting conversations.

At this level, your own limiting beliefs come out!

Example:
Not sure
Equality
Age
Asking is bad

In decoding it would sound like this:
This won't work for me.
I don’t have enough education... start-up capital... experience...
Wrong age... It's too late... Etc.

Analyze the second column of your test and find limiting beliefs and obstacles in it. If there are any, reflect on them by asking: “Why do I think this is so?”

Each time, ask yourself a clarifying question until you are sure that you have arrived at the absurd. Having caught yourself on the absurdity of the arguments, laugh at them and part with the conviction, like with shoes that have gone out of fashion.

Here is an example of a typical dialogue between a psychologist and a person stuck in his belief:

— Belief: I’m not the same age anymore.
- What is “that” age?
- Well, 20 years.
— When you were 20 years old, what could you do?
- Nothing.
- And now?
- Now I can, I have education and experience.
- So why do you think that the age is wrong?
- Health is not the same.
- What does “that” health mean?
- Young.
— There were rich people in your family
- Yes, my great-grandfather was very rich, he returned from the mines at the age of 40, opened a shop, became a merchant...
— How old was your grandfather when he started, and was he in good health?
Yes, no, he returned from the mines, completely ill.
So it's not a matter of health or age?
- It turns out that yes...

This kind of dialogue with yourself needs to be conducted for every limiting belief. Better in writing.

Let's look at the third column - What is the reason?

The third column is the level of feelings! It shows our “emotional hooks”! “Tails” of the past, fears, causes of emotional conflicts.

Example:
Target
Confidence
Job
Luck

Take a careful look at this column of just four words, and perhaps you will understand the true reasons for not only financial, but also general troubles.

Interesting! From the words of the third column you can usually create an expression - some kind of “slogan” or motto! Play with words and make up a phrase. Sometimes it's an inspiring call to action, even if it's written in capital letters and hung on the wall.

The slogan turned out to be as follows: My goal gives confidence that work will bring good luck

Analysis of the fourth and fifth columns is the key to yourself

What are these last key words for you? Think about it!

There is no standard transcript for the last three words. Usually this is a tool for analysis or a hint for further psychological work. There, a person’s key fears, true and not far-fetched causes of problems, as well as genuine motives can “pop out”. One thing is clear, if the meaning of the words - keys is far from the associated concept (in our example it is money), the root of the problem lies in spheres and planes that are far from the sphere of money as such.

This means that the financial situation will not improve until the real problem is worked out and solved. As a rule, it is organically tied to one of three:
problem of parent-child relationships;
self-esteem;
system of values

Now take a piece of paper and draw the last word!

If it's good, save the drawing! This is your energy resource!
If it’s bad, look at it for a while, say goodbye and solemnly burn it!

The work with the test is now complete. I hope it gave you some useful insights!

Carl Jung used free association as a lie detector because it helped determine a person's motivation. Thanks to this technique, a person can come to the realization of what is gnawing at him and begin to eliminate his psychological problems.

The “16 Associations” exercise works similar to Jung’s association test, and it will not take more than 15 minutes to complete. If you want to better understand your own feelings and understand what you really need, Jung's association test is an unsurpassed assistant in this matter.

The human brain is designed in such a way that, if it is necessary to remember something, it is encoded by a set of visual images, information from the senses and associated sensations in the body and emotions.

What will you get from the “16 associations” exercise?

• Awareness of what influences your perception and subconscious attitude towards a situation/phenomenon/fact. Even if you make no attempt to work on the area from which the word was chosen, after 3-6 months you will get a completely different result when you take the test again. This is all the work of the subconscious - when thoughts and associations are put on paper, a person begins to analyze them in any case.
• Transformational effect. Through conscious perception, a change in attitude occurs and there is a reasonable scientific explanation for this. A person remembers not the event itself, but the last memory associated with it. The more new associations we apply to a keyword, the more the circuit that is activated by that word will change. Depending on what emotions arise during associations, the change in the future emotional color of the chain and the feelings that will arise the next time this word is remembered depends. Thus, the brighter the emotion, the stronger the rewriting effect.
• You receive a ready-made map for further work on yourself - it becomes clear what can be used as a resource and what should be changed. The higher the awareness, the more determined a person is to change - this will help achieve maximum results after passing the Jung association test.

Jung's association test: exercise “16 associations”
For the exercise to be effective, it should be performed in absolute peace and solitude.

It’s easy to fill out - connect the first word with the second, the third with the fourth, the fifth with the sixth, etc. and write in the second column from the left the Association derived from the pair of words.

• Think about what word you would like to work with. For example, if you think that you are currently experiencing financial difficulties, let it be the word “money,” and if you think you are lonely, write the word “love.” Draw the following sign on a sheet of paper:

Research word

• As quickly as possible, without hesitation, enter in the left column all the associations that you have with this word - any phrases, catchphrases, words.
• Next, fill out the second column - you need to combine the words into pairs - 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, etc. In the second column you need to enter associations that arise when combining words into pairs.
• To fill out the third column, you need to do the same thing - combine the 8 words received in pairs and display associations; we do the same with the 4th column.
• As a result, you get a key word - something with which you can unravel the tangle of problems and get rid of negative attitudes.

If over the next few days you don't let the keyword out of your head, trying to apply it to various areas your life, then many thoughts may appear that will help you better understand yourself and your subconscious.

Analyzing the first column
The first column of words reflects several points at once:
1. Our “level of reality”. This is what fills our daily lives. At the level of reality, our “stamps” “live”, beliefs that have no serious basis, but nevertheless influence our lives.

For example, a good half of city residents claim that they are afraid of mice, rats, snakes, and enter the entrance almost with their eyes closed, but rarely have any of them ever seen a live mouse in their entrance! Why are they afraid of them? This is a cliche - “women are afraid of mice,” and since I’m a woman, I should be afraid.

The same thing happens with money (any other word being studied). We think in cliches and these cliches are clearly visible in the first column.

Money is dirt, money is a lie, money is a test, money is pity, money is charity, big money is obtained dishonestly, etc.

It's interesting that money is such a topic that everyone has something to say about. But few of those who talk about money actually have money. Therefore, discussions about money are, by definition, the most stupid. Few of the debaters understand what they are talking about, but nevertheless, everyone has cliches in their heads.

2. At the first level of our test, the strategy for obtaining what we are studying is also very visible. In our example, the strategy for getting money.

• Someone is an honest hard worker and his words: “Work, plow, hard, tired, don’t give, boss, salary...”.
• And someone thinks that money should fall from the sky: “I want it, give it to me, a bank, a yacht, a plane, a cruise, an inheritance...”.

Analyze how you are doing with the way you receive money.
The first person from my example will most likely work hard and conscientiously all his life, but if easy money comes into his life (let’s say he receives an inheritance), he will not know what to do with it, and “out of grief” he will get sick or will drink.
The second one will continue to wait for the weather by the sea, be angry that the yachts still don’t arrive, and be offended by the world. But it is unlikely that it would occur to him that money can simply be earned.

It happens that a person has already outgrown the previous strategy, like short pants, but still does not understand that it is time to abandon it. So the Ugly Duckling, who had long ago become a Swan, out of habit hid from the swan flock in the bushes.

3. Also, the first column of words allows you to assess the level of pessimism - optimism in relation to your money situation.
To determine it, read 16 words and try to evaluate - as you get closer to the end, do the words become more optimistic or less optimistic?

If the level of optimism goes up, good! This means that no matter what financial situation you are in now, you will overcome everything! You are on the right path and everything will be fine for you.

If the level of optimism goes down - bad! But I hope that thanks to the test results, you will reconsider some of your beliefs and achieve success in a timely manner!

4. The next thing we analyze in the first column is induced (transposed, imposed) fears and beliefs on us. Sometimes they are also called “mind viruses”. This is something that for some reason you took into account, although if you think about it, it has nothing to do with you.

So, parents very often transfer their fears onto their children! A lot of money is a shame. But my parents picked up this belief at a time when it was completely impossible to earn a lot by honest work unless you belonged to a very narrow bohemian or scientific stratum. Therefore, they sincerely believed in it. But for what reason do you still carry this belief with you?

There is simply a darkness of false and alien attitudes floating in our consciousness! We are saturated through and through with other people's ideas, plans, motives and fears. Now we have a difficult task ahead of us - to catch these ALIEN'S problems in our test!

Write this test by hand on a piece of paper! And this is very important precisely in order to detect “strangers”!
Interesting! People often identify handwritten “virus words” using hidden signs (mistakes, blots, a word is written with a capital letter, and all the rest are written with a small letter, or, conversely, the word is written smaller or larger).

When I performed this test myself, it turned out that I wrote all the words accurately and completely, and only one word was not written completely - responsibility. When I began to think about him, my mother immediately appeared before my eyes, telling me that big money is always a responsibility.

But analyzing what is written by hand is not the only way to detect “strangers”. Do the following - read the first column out loud, quickly, in one breath, trying to pronounce the words clearly and tracking your emotions and bodily sensations.

Most likely, at some word, a wave of disagreement will rise in you, as if it was not you who wrote it. You may even feel a drop in energy, instant fatigue and apathy.

Among the 16 words I wrote down, the word “labor” became such a word. And then again the picture of my mother surfaced, as she said that you need to work hard so that everything in your life is good.

Next example:

Even without being an expert in psychology, you can feel that the person who wrote this set of associations is a hard worker, standing firmly on his feet, understanding a lot about earthly pleasures, and oriented towards the future.

But where did this terrible word “begging” come from? It rudely breaks into the list of associations linguistically (if this word belonged to the person himself, he would have written - poverty). And it breaks the connection between the logical block, where the main motives and strategy of this person are clearly visible (work well - have a good rest, and don’t forget about the children). It becomes clear what this person spends his energy on. To avoid this very “begging” at any cost.

When I asked the person who wrote this column about the origin of the word “begging,” he remembered that as a child his mother often yelled at him: “Study, you idiot, if you don’t learn, they won’t hire you, you’ll be begging!” He studied, graduated from two universities, works hard in a management position at a state enterprise, because he is sure that it is more stable. Many times he received invitations to go into private business, both on a salary and as a “partner,” but he always refused. Why? He says that he doesn’t like to take risks, but at the same time he drives a car at great speed, one goes into the taiga to hunt a bear, that is You can’t call him a risk-taker. He says he’s slowed down. He promises himself to change something, but doesn’t find the strength.

Is he afraid of poverty? Yes, but he tries not to think about it; if such a thought comes, he drowns it out with a shot of good vodka. This is a typical case. After working with the test and removing maternal programming, I tried to combine my main job with management in a private business. Now he runs a large timber processing plant.

Other people's fears and beliefs take away much more strength and energy from us than our own, and force us to do completely unthinkable things! It has been noticed that the most common way to drown out the “voice” of someone else’s beliefs is alcohol. Is this why in our country, where everyone lived only according to orders, there are so many people who drink heavily?

But let's get back to the test.
When you find thought-form viruses on your list, think about their origin . Perhaps you will remember the edifying look of the old teacher, the instructions of the father and the admonitions of the grandparents. But oddly enough, most often we all remember our mother. That's who basically puts everything in our heads.
Now that you understand where you got it from and, perhaps, even remember how much you had to lose or not do because of it, give up this word - belief!

How? Just cross it out and write a new one in its place! Any word, not necessarily close in meaning, but chosen by you personally.

Let's move on to analyzing the second column

The second column is the level of intelligence! That's what I think about it! Let me explain... The fact is that most people do not think about their problems at all. They bathe in them, live in them, worry about them, talk a lot, but think very little! But in vain... Sometimes a good, strong, unemotional analysis would give much more than hours of exciting conversations.

At this level, your own limiting beliefs come out!
Example:

• Not sure
• Equality
• Age
• Asking is bad

In decoding it would sound like this:

• This won't work for me.
• I don't have enough education... start-up capital... experience...
• Wrong age... It's too late... Etc.

Analyze the second column of your test and find limiting beliefs and obstacles in it. If there are any, think about them by asking: “Why do I think this is so?”

Each time, ask yourself a clarifying question until you are convinced that you have arrived at the absurd. Having caught yourself on the absurdity of the arguments, laugh at them and part with your conviction, like shoes that have gone out of fashion.

Here is an example of a typical dialogue between a psychologist and a person stuck in his belief:
- Belief: I’m not the same age anymore.
- What is “that” age?
- Well, 20 years.
- When you were 20 years old, what could you do?
- Nothing.
- And now?
- Now I can, I have education and experience.
- So why do you think that the age is wrong?
- Health is not the same.
- What does “that” health mean?
- Young.
- There were rich people in your family
- Yes, my great-grandfather was very rich, he returned from the mines at the age of 40, opened a shop, became a merchant...
- How old was your grandfather when he started, and was he in good health?
Yes, no, he returned from the mines, completely ill.
So it's not a matter of health or age?
- It turns out that yes...

This is the kind of dialogue you need to have with yourself for every limiting belief. It is better if the dialogue is conducted in writing.

Let's look at the third column - What is the reason?

The third column is the level of feelings! It shows our “emotional hooks”! “Tails” of the past, fears, causes of emotional conflicts.
Example:

• Afraid

These are the words from a young woman's test. At the time of testing, she was planning to marry a rich man and move abroad. Her parents categorically did not approve of her choice. This was already the third candidate for husband, the previous two were rejected thanks to their parents. The woman was afraid of her parents, afraid of men, their money, possible changes in life, everything... But the reason lay precisely in the fear of her mother’s condemnation.

Take a careful look at this column of just four words, and perhaps you will understand the true reasons for not only financial, but also general trouble.

Interesting! From the words in the third column you can usually create an expression that can be used as a kind of “slogan” or motto! Play with words and make up a phrase. Sometimes it’s just a call to action, even if it’s written in capital letters and hung on the wall. And sometimes, as in the case of our heroine, the quintessence of internal experiences.

I had 4 words in the third column:

• Confidence
• Job
• Luck

The slogan turned out to be as follows: My goal gives confidence that work will bring good luck

Analysis of the fourth and fifth columns is the key to yourself
What are these last key words for you? Think about it!

There is no standard transcript for the last three words. Usually this is a tool for analysis or a hint for further psychological work. There, a person’s key fears, true and not far-fetched causes of problems, as well as genuine motives can “pop out”. One thing is clear, if the meaning of the words - the keys - is far from the associated concept (in our case, this is money), the root of the problem lies in spheres and planes that are far from the sphere of money as such.

This means that the financial situation will not improve until the real problem is worked out and solved. As a rule, it is organically tied to one of three:

• problem of parent-child relationships;
• self-esteem;
• system of values

Now take a piece of paper and draw the last word!

• If it's good, save the drawing! This is your energy resource!
• If it’s bad, look at it for a while, say goodbye and solemnly burn it!

The work with the test is now complete. I hope it led you to some useful discoveries!