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Chapter 6- Horney Flashcards

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What did Horney emphasize as the primary basis for both neurotic and normal psychological development?

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cultural influence and childhood experiences

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In what 3 ways did Horney criticize Freudian theory?

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  1. its rigidity toward new ideas
  2. its skewed view of feminine psychology
  3. its overemphasis on biology and the pleasure principle
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What leads to basic hostility?

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Growing up in an uncaring environment with parents who neglect, dominate, reject, or overindulge their children. This causes basic hostility towards the parents

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What leads to basic anxiety?

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The repression of basic hostility towards parents

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What are 4 ways people protect themselves from basic anxiety?

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  1. affection
  2. submissiveness
  3. power/prestige
  4. withdrawal
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What are the 10 neurotic needs?

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  1. need for love and affection
  2. need for a powerful partner
  3. need to restrict one’s life
  4. need for power
  5. need to exploit others
  6. . need for prestige
  7. need for personal admiration
  8. need personal achievement
  9. need for independence
  10. need for perfection
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What are the 3 neurotic trends?

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  1. moving toward people
  2. moving against people
  3. moving away from people
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What are those who move toward people trying to protect themselves against?

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feelings of helplessness

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What are those who move against people trying to protect themselves against?

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the hostility of others

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What are those who move away from people trying to protect themselves against?

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feelings of isolation

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What neurotic needs are “moving toward people”

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  1. need for love and affection
  2. need for a powerful partner
  3. need to restrict one’s life w/ borders
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What neurotic needs are “moving against people”

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  1. need for power
  2. need to exploit others
  3. need for prestige
  4. need for personal admiration
  5. need personal achievement
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What neurotic needs are “moving away from people”

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  1. need to restrict one’s life w/ borders
  2. need for independence
  3. need for perfection
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According to Horney, how does an idealized self-image form?

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When people don’t feel love and affection during childhood, they may feel alienated from their self. In order to have a self-identity, neurotics create an idealized self that they believe to be themself

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What are the 3 aspects of the idealized self-image?

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  1. The neurotic search for glory
  2. Neurotic claims
  3. Neurotic pride
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What is the neurotic search for glory?

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the comprehensive drive toward actualizing the ideal self/trying to make your idealized self who you really are

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What 3 elements does the neurotic search for glory include?

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  1. the need for perfection
  2. neurotic ambition
  3. the drive toward a vindictive triumph
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What is the need for perfection? (neurotic search for glory)

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the drive to mold the personality into the idealized self by using a complex set of “shoulds” and “should nots” (tyranny of shoulds)

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What is neurotic ambition? (neurotic search for glory)

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the compulsive drive to succeed and excel in everything

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What is the drive toward a vindictive triumph? (neurotic search for glory)

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most destructive element of neurotic search for glory, it’s the need to defeat others through one’s own success (may be disguised as striving for success)

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What are neurotic claims?

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the belief that one is special and entitled to special privileges that their idealized-self would be entitled to

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What is neurotic pride?

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a false pride based not on a realistic view of the true self but on the idealized self

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How does self-hatred form in a neurotic person?

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Once someone with a neurotic search for glory realizes they aren’t their idealized self

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What 6 ways is self-hatred expressed in neurotic individuals?

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  1. relentless demands on the self
  2. merciless self-accusation
  3. self-contempt
  4. self-frustration
  5. self-torment
  6. self destructive actions and impulses
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Describe self-contempt (self-hatred strategy)

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belittling, doubting, discrediting, and ridiculing oneself; saying things like “you idiot, what makes you think you can do this?”

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