How do the psychological theories of Carl Jung differ from the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud?

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Psychoanalytic theory: Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung lectures — psychoanalysis In July and September 1909 Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud and Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist Carl Jung presented a series of lectures on psychoanalytic theory at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Shown in this September 10, 1909, photo are (from left in the front row) Sigmund Freud, G. Stanley Hall, and Carl Jung and (from left in the back row) Abraham A. Brill, Ernest Jones, and Sándor Ferenczi.

Carl Jung's analytic psychology diverged from Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis primarily in their emphasis on the drivers of behavior. While Freud focused heavily on sexual motivations and childhood conflicts as the root of neuroses, Jung placed greater importance on abstract, spiritual processes and individual differences.12

Jung proposed concepts like introversion and extraversion, and the collective unconscious, suggesting that behavior is motivated by more than just sexual drives. He also believed dreams were compensatory, balancing underrepresented aspects of personality, rather than disguising repressed wishes as Freud theorized. Jung stressed analyzing immediate conflicts over uncovering solely childhood issues.3124