collective unconscious

the part of the unconscious that, according to Carl Jung, is common to all humankind and contains the inherited accumulation of primitive human experiences in the form of ideas and images called archetypes and manifested in myths as well as other cultural phenomena (e.g., religion) and in dreams. It is the deepest and least accessible part of the unconscious mind. See also personal unconscious; racial memory.

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May 6th 2024

rejection method

a technique that uses an algorithm to generate and select random values for a study. Values are automatically included in or excluded from the study sample depending on whether they fall within a particular range. Also called rejection sampling.