Chapter 5 part 3 Flashcards
What was the life of Horney?
*Neglected second born
*Father was religious, domineering, imperious, and morose
*Mother was attractive, spirited, and freethinking
How did Horney break from Freud?
*Horney disagreed with Freud’s notions of the Oedipal complex and his division of the mind into id, ego, and superego
*Horney thought that Freud’s theory reflected a different country and time, so problems that people experience must be culturally, not biologically determined
*Sexual problems secondary to jobs, food, and medical care
Note: She also came up with womb envy.
- Want to carry a baby
- Leads to traits we associate with men
What is the Childhood Need for Safety?
*Ridicule and humiliation
*Children need to feel safe (protection of the ego - the self)
*Isolation of child from peers
*Infant’s helplessness increases when they are kept in an excessively dependent state
* If child neglect they build up hostility to parents
*Reasons for a child to repress hostility towards parents
*Punishments, love, and guilt
Does she believe in Oedipus complex?
No,
Believes:
Child does get jealous of other gender parent (but that feeling brings anxiety)
Who’s ideas does she follow more?
Adlers
“She’s still a Neo-Freudian, still believes in ____”
Energies
What is Basic Evil?
Anything that parents do that undermines a child’s security
What is Basic Hostility?
Feeling generated in a child if needs for safety and satisfaction are not consistently and lovingly satisfied by the parents
What is Basic Anxiety?
Psychological state that exists when basic hostility is repressed. It is the general feeling that everyone in the world is potentially dangerous.
Basic Anxiety (expanded on)
Feeling: lonliness/helplessness
Leads to
Foundation of neurosis
Leads to
Self protective mechanisms (they are powerful and intense)
- Allow us to seek security
Basic Anxiety makes us feel bad - so we try keep it to a minimum. How do we minimize basic anxiety?
ten strategies for minimizing basic anxiety called neurotic trends or neurotic needs
Everyone has these needs and attempts to satisfy them, but a neurotic person makes one need the focal point in life
What are the 10 Neurotic Trends/Needs?
*Need for Affection and Approval (problem: clingy. Why? parents did opposite)
*Need for a Partner Who Will Run One’s Life (Problem: Need them to make all choices for you)
*Need to Live one’s Live Within Narrow Limits (Problem: Small comfort zone)
*Need for Power
*Need to Exploit Others (Problem: Abusing others)
*Need for Social Recognition and Prestige
*Need for Personal Admiration
*Need for Ambition and Personal Achievement
*Need for Self-Sufficiency and Independence
*Need for Protection and Unassailability
What are Neurotic Needs and Trends?
Needs: Trends:
Affection & Approval Movement towards people
Dominant Partner (Compliant Personality)
Power
Exploitation Movement against people
Pre-Stige (Aggressive Personaility)
Admiration
Achievement
Self-Sufficiency Movement away from ppl
Perfection (Detached personality)
Narrow limits to life
What are the three adjustment patterns?
- Move to people: “If I give in, I shall not be hurt”
- Move Against people: “If i have power, no one can hurt me”
- Moving away from people: “If I withdraw, nothing can hurt me”
What is Horney’s approach to personality?
Psychocultural
