Chapter 6- Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Question 1

Horny excepted many of Freud’s observations, but she objected most to his interpretation on _____ psychology

Answer 1

Feminine

Question 2

Horny felt great hostility toward her stern, devoutly religious father, and idolized her:

Answer 2

Mother

Question 3

Horny’s writings deal mostly with ________ personalities

Answer 3

Neurotic

Question 4

Corny agreed with Freud that early childhood traumas are important, but she placed far more emphasis on ________ factors

Answer 4

Social

Question 5

Horny criticized Freudian theory on at least three accounts:

Answer 5

1) it’s rigidity towards new ideas
2) it’s skewed view of feminine psychology
3) it’s over emphasis on biology and the pleasure principle

Question 6

Horny insisted that modern culture is too competitive and that competition leads to hostility and feelings of _______. These conditions lead to exaggerated needs for affection and cause people to overvalue _____.

Answer 6

Isolation, love

Question 7

Horny believed that neurotic conflict stems largely from childhood traumas, most of which are traced to a lack of genuine _______. Children who do not receive genuine affection feel threatened and adopt rigid behavioral patterns in an attempt to gain ______.

Answer 7

Love, love

Question 8

Horny believe that his parents do not satisfy the child’s need for safety and satisfaction, the child develops feelings of ______ _______ toward the parents.

Answer 8

Basic hostility

Question 9

Horny believed that repressed hostility then leads to profound feelings of insecurity and a vague sense of apprehension, this condition is called:

Answer 9

Basic anxiety

Question 10

Horny originally identified for general ways that people protect themselves against basic anxiety:

Answer 10

Affection, submissiveness, Power or prestige, and withdrawal. Normal people have the flexibility to use any or all of these approaches, but neurotics are compelled to rely rigidly on one.

Question 11

Horny identified 10 neurotic needs that mark neurotic people in their attempt to reduce basic anxiety, these include:

Answer 11

1) Needs for affection and approval
2) Needs for a powerful partner
3) Needs to restrict one’s life within narrow borders
4) needs for power
5) needs to exploit others
6) needs for social recognition or prestige
7) needs for personal admiration
8) needs for ambition and personal achievement
9) needs for self-sufficiency and independence
10) needs for perfection and unassailability

Question 12

Horny describes this neurotic need as an attempt to please others by living up to their expectations, to dread self-assertion, and they are quite uncomfortable with the hostility of others and hostility within themselves.

Answer 12

The neurotic need for affection and approval

Question 13

This neurotic need includes and overvaluation of love and a dread of being alone or deserted. These people lack self-confidence. Horny.

Answer 13

The neurotic need for a powerful partner

Question 14

This neurotic need causes people to remain inconspicuous, to take second place, and to be content with very little according to horny.

Answer 14

The neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow borders

Question 15

This neurotic need manifests itself as the need to control others and to avoid feelings of weakness or stupidity according to horny.

Answer 15

The neurotic need for power

Question 16

This neurotic need causes neurotics to evaluate others on the basis of how they can be used according to horny.

Answer 16

The neurotic need to exploit others

Question 17

This neurotic need causes neurotics to try to be first, to be important, or to attract attention to themselves according to horny.

Answer 17

The neurotic need for social recognition or prestige

Question 18

This neurotic need causes neurotics to have a need to be admired for what they are rather than for what they possess. Their inflated self-esteem must be continually fed by others and they need the approval of others according to horny.

Answer 18

The neurotic need for personal admiration

Question 19

This neurotic need is characterized by a strong drive to be the best and to defeat other people in order to confirm their superiority. Horny.

Answer 19

The neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement

Question 20

This neurotic need is characterized by having a strong need to move away from people, proving that the person can get along without others. Horny.

Answer 20

The neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence

Question 21

This neurotic need is characterized by dreading making personal mistakes and having personal flaws. These people attempt to hide their weaknesses from others. Horny.

Answer 21

The neurotic need for perfection and unassailability

Question 22

Horny group the 10 neurotic needs into three basic neurotic trends:

Answer 22

1) moving toward people
2) moving against people
3) moving away from people

Question 23

According to horny, people who adopt a compliant attitude in order to protect themselves against feelings of helplessness are:

Answer 23

Moving towards others

Question 24

According to horny, people who use aggressive behaviors to protect themselves against perceived hostility from others are:

Answer 24

Moving against others

Question 25

According to horny, people who behave in a detached manner that protects them against feelings of isolation by appearing arrogant and aloof are:

Answer 25

Moving away from others

Question 26

Three neurotic needs are characteristic of those who move towards people. Horny.

Answer 26

1) affection and approval
2) powerful partner
3) narrow limits to life

Question 27

According to horny, five neurotic needs are characteristic of those who move against people:

Answer 27

4) Power
5) exploitation
6) recognition and unassailability
7) personal admiration
8) personal achievement

Question 28

According to horny, two neurotic needs are characteristic of those who move away from people:

Answer 28

9) self-sufficiency and independence

10) perfection and prestige

Question 29

According to horny, this is an attempt to solve conflicts my painting a godlike picture of oneself

Answer 29

The idealized self-image

Question 30

According to horny this is a tendency to despise one’s real self

Answer 30

Self-hatred

Question 31

Horny recognized three aspects of the idealized self-image:

Answer 31

1) The neurotic search for glory
2) neurotic claims
3) neurotic pride

Question 32

According to horny, this is a comprehensive drive towards actualizing the ideal self:

Answer 32

The neurotic search for glory

Question 33

According to horny, this is a person’s belief that they are entitled to special privileges

Answer 33

Neurotic claims

Question 34

According to horny, this is a false pride based not on reality but on a distorted and idealized view of self

Answer 34

Neurotic pride

Question 35

The neurotic search for glory, according to horny, includes three other elements:

Answer 35

The need for perfection, neurotic ambition, and the drive toward a vindictive triumph

Question 36

According to horny, this refers to the drive to mold the whole personality into the idealized self. The first aspect of the neurotic search for glory.

Answer 36

The need for perfection

Question 37

According to horny, this is the compulsive drive towards superiority. These people channel their energies into activities that are most likely to bring success. Second aspect of the neurotic search for glory.

Answer 37

Neurotic ambition

Question 38

According to horny this is the third aspect of the neurotic search for glory and the most destructive element of all. It’s chief aim is to put others to shame or defeat them through one’s very success.

Answer 38

The drive toward a vindictive triumph

Question 39

According to horny, self-hatred can be expressed as: six

Answer 39

1) relentless demands on self
2) merciless self-accusation
3) self-contempt
4) self-frustration
5) self-torment or torture
6) self-destructive actions and impulses

Question 40

Horny believe that psychological differences between men and women are not due to anatomy but to ______ and ______ expectations

Answer 40

Culture, social

Question 41

Horney viewed the Oedipus complex very differently from Freud, she insisted that any sexual attraction or hostility the child feels for the parent would be the result of ______ and not biology.

Answer 41

Learning

Question 42

The goal of horny’s psychotherapy was to help patients grow toward self-_______, give up their idealized self-_____, relinquish their neurotic search for _____, and change self-hatred to self-________.

Answer 42

Realization, image, glory, acceptance

Question 43

Horny believe that success with therapy is built on self-analysis and self-________

Answer 43

Understanding

Question 44

Horny psychoanalytic social theory has not directly inspired a great deal of research in modern personality psychology, however her musings on ______ _____ are quite relevant to much of the research being conducted today.

Answer 44

Neurotic trends

Question 45

Horny. Recent researchers have begun looking at some of the ______ of neuroticism. They found that neurotics often develop great skill at avoiding negative outcomes, and that their successful avoidance of these outcomes improves their mood.

Answer 45

Benefits

Question 46

Horney’s psychoanalytic social theory rates very low in four areas:

Answer 46

It’s ability to generate research, to be falsified, to organize data, and to serve as a useful guide to action.

Question 47

Horny’s psychoanalytic social theory rates about average in two areas:

Answer 47

Internal consistency and parsimony

Question 48

Horney’s psychoanalytic social theory rates very high on four concepts of humanity:

Answer 48

High on social factors, free choice, optimism, and unconscious influences

Question 49

Horny’s psychoanalytic social theory rates about average in 2 concepts of humanity:

Answer 49

Causality versus teleology, and the uniqueness of the individual

Question 50

This theorists theory was built on the assumption that social and cultural conditions, especially childhood experiences, are largely responsible for shaping personality.

Answer 50

Karen Horney- psychoanalytic social theory