Chapter 7 T/F Flashcards
Fromm adopted a belligerent attitude toward people while serving in battle during World War I.
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Compared with Freud, Fromm placed more emphasis on biological determinants of psychic conflict.
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Fromm’s social theories were influenced by Karl Marx.
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Although Fromm had some differences with Freud, he remained a loyal follower of Freud throughout his lifetime.
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Fromm believed that a symbiotic relationship is the ideal form of relatedness.
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Malignant aggression is unique to the human species, according to Fromm.
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People have developed existential needs to keep from going insane.
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To Fromm, depression stems from feelings of malignant aggression.
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Sadism is one attempt at decreasing basic anxiety.
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The cycle of conformity and powerlessness can be broken only by achieving positive freedom.
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Fromm believed that the nonproductive orientation has both a positive and a negative aspect.
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The exploitative character is an outgrowth of modern capitalism.
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Fromm believed that a lack of satisfaction of any of the five human needs can result in insanity.
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Masochistic and sadistic tendencies are strategies of uniting with another person.
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Fromm believed that political and economic freedom lead to feelings of isolation and powerlessness.
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Psychologically disturbed people, Fromm said, have failed to establish union with other people.
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Exploitative characters believe that the source of all good is outside themselves.
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Fromm believed that symbiotic attachment to the mother is based on the need for security rather than on sex.
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In a study of a Mexican village, Fromm found no evidence of the hoarding personality.
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Fromm emphasized similarities rather than differences between humans and other animals.
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Fromm listed Winston Churchill as 20th century’s most notable example of a person with the syndrome of decay.
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