Chapter 6. Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory Flashcards
True or False. Horney insisted that social and cultural influences were more important than biological ones.
True
Children who lack warmth and affection fail to meet ________________ and __________.
their needs for safety and satisfaction
Feelings of isolation and helplessness trigger __________.
basic anxiety
The inability of people to use different tactics in their relationships with others generates ________.
basic conflict
3 neurotic trends:
- moving towards people
- moving away from people
- moving against people
True or False. Healthy people solve their basic conflict by using all three neurotic trends.
True
True or False. Neurotics compulsively adopt all three neurotic trends.
False. Neurotics compulsively adopt ONLY ONE of these trends.
2 major intrapsychic conflicts:
idealized self-image and self-hatred
The __________ results in neurotics’ attempts to build a godlike picture of themselves.
idealized self-image
_______ is the tendency for neurotics to hate and despise their real self.
Self-hatred
True or False. Any psychological differences between men and women are due to cultural and social expectations and not to biology.
True
What is the goal of Horneyian psychotherapy?
to bring about growth toward actualization of the real self
A strategy that does not always lead to authentic love.
affection
Neurotics who submit to another person often do so in order to gain affection. What protective device is this?
submissiveness
A defense against the real or imagined hostility of others and takes the form of a tendency to dominate others.
power
It is a protection against humiliation and is expressed as a tendency to humiliate others.
prestige
Acts as a buffer against destitution and poverty and manifests itself as a tendency to deprive
others.
possession
Neurotics frequently protect themselves against basic anxiety either by developing an independence from others or by becoming emotionally detached from them. What protective device is this?
withdrawal
Refers to a neurotic need to protect oneself against feelings of helplessness.
moving toward people
Aggressive people take for granted that everyone is hostile.
moving against people
Some people behave in a detached manner and adopt a neurotic trend of _______________.
moving away from people
Horney referred to this comprehensive drive toward actualizing the ideal self as ________________.
the neurotic search for glory
3 elements of the neurotic search for glory:
- the need for perfection
- neurotic ambition
- the drive toward a vindictive triumph
Refers to the drive to mold the whole personality into
the idealized self.
the need for perfection
“Forget about the disgraceful creature you actually are; this is how you should be”. What drive is this?
tyranny of the should
The compulsive drive toward superiority.
neurotic ambition
“Its chief aim is to put others to shame or defeat them through one’s very success; or to attain the power
. . . to inflict suffering on them—mostly of a humiliating kind”. What element is this?
the drive toward a vindictive triumph
Believing that something is wrong with the outside world, they proclaim that they are special and therefore entitled to be treated in accordance with their idealized view of themselves.
neurotic claims
A false pride based not on a realistic view of the true self but on a spurious image of the idealized self.
neurotic pride
6 major ways in which people express self-hatred:
- relentless demands on the self
- merciless self-accusation
- self-contempt
- self-frustration
- self-torment
- self-destructive actions and impulses
