CHAPTER 6: Horney: Psychoanalytic SocialTheory Flashcards
assumes that social and cultural conditions, especially during childhood, have a powerful effect on later personality.
Karen Horney’s psychoanalytic social theory
parents often neglect, dominate, reject, or overindulge their children, conditions that lead to the child’s feelings of ____
basic hostility
If children repress feelings of basic hostility, they will develop feelings of insecurity and a pervasive sense of apprehension called____
basic anxiety
People can protect themselves from basic anxiety through a number of protective devices:
(1) affection
(2) submissiveness,
(3) power, prestige, possession
(4) withdrawal.
compliant people protect themselves against feelings of helplessness by attaching themselves to other people
moving toward people
3 NEUROTIC TRENDS
moving toward people
moving against people
moving away from people
aggressive people protect themselves against perceived hostility of others by exploiting others\
moving against people
detached people protect themselves against feelings of isolation by appearing arrogant and aloof.
moving away from people
inner tensions OTHER TERM
intrapsychic conflicts
People who do not receive love and affection during childhood are blocked in their attempt to acquire a stable sense of identity.
The Idealized Self-Image
three aspects of the idealized self-image
neurotic search for glory
neurotic claims
neurotic pride
a comprehensive drive toward actualizing the ideal self;
neurotic search for glory
a belief that they are entitled to special privileges
neurotic claims
a false pride based not on reality but on a distorted and idealized view of self.
neurotic pride
Neurotics dislike themselves because reality always falls short of their idealized view of self.
Self-Hatred
