Ch 5 Flashcards
Who stressed social forces that operate within the family
Horney
Who focused on social factors within society at large
Fromm
Founded the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis and the American Institute of Psychoanlysis
Horney
An insidiously increasing, all-pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile worl
basic anxiety
All of the negative factors in the environment that can provoke insecurity in a child
Basic Evil
In Horney’s theory, exaggerated defense
strategies that permit an individual to cope with the world
Neurotic needs or trends
Primary modes of relating
moving towards (compliance) moving against (hostility) moving away (detachment)
The three basic orientations toward life
- Self-effacing solution-an appeal to be loved (towards)
- Self-expansive solution- attempt at mastery (against)
- Resignation solution- desire to be free of others (detachment)
Represents what we are, those things that are true about us
Real self
Represents what we think we should be
Idealized self
A state in which a person identifies with the ideal self and thereby loses the true and only source of strength, the real or actual self
Alienation
Instead of meeting genuine needs, individuals create false ones
Tyranny of the should
Maria permits her partner Kristen to control her and dictate her activities
Need for a dominant partner
moving toward
self-effacing
Aaron is determined to achieve and succeed at all costs
Exaggerated ambition for personal achievement
moving against
self-expansive
Martha seeks to do everything exactly right
Need for perfection and unassailability
Moving away
Resignation
Kristen really likes to have dominion over another
Exaggerated need for power
Moving against
self-expansion
Carlos takes advantage of others when he can
Need to exploit others
moving against
self-expansive
Liam needs an inordinate amount of warmth, help, and emotional support
Exaggerated need for affection and approval
moving toward
self-effacing
Layle prides herself on being totally autonomous and self-sufficient
Exaggerated need for self-sufficiency
moving away
resignation