Chapter 8. Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis Flashcards
True or False. According to Fromm, people have been torn away from their prehistoric union with nature and also with one another.
True
People have the power of ________, ________, and
________.
reasoning, foresight, and imagination.
This contributes to feelings of loneliness, isolation, and homelessness.
Self-awareness
True or False. To escape feelings of isolation, people strive to become united with others and with nature.
True
What human need can move people toward a
reunion with the natural world?
- relatedness
- transcendence
- rootedness
- sense of identity
- frame of orientation
A sense of ________ drives people to unite with another person through submission, power, or love.
relatedness
It is the need for people to rise above their passive existence and create or destroy life.
transcendence
________ is the need for a consistent structure in people’s lives.
Rootedness
A ________ gives a person a feeling of “I” or “me.”
sense of identity
A __________ is a consistent way of looking at the world.
frame of orientation
Refers to the sense of being alone.
basic anxiety
3 mechanisms of escape:
- authoritarianism
- destructiveness
- conformity
Psychologically healthy people acquire the ___________.
syndrome of growth
The syndrome of growth includes:
- positive freedom integrated personality
- biophilia
- love for fellow humans
The spontaneous activity of a whole, integrated personality.
positive freedom
Pertains to a passionate love of life.
biophilia
Other people live nonproductively and acquire things through:
- passively receiving things
- exploiting others
- hoarding things
- marketing or exchanging things, including themselves
Some extremely sick people are motivated by the ___________.
syndrome of decay
The syndrome of decay includes:
- necrophilia
- malignant narcissism
- incestuous symbiosis
Refers to the love of death;
necrophilia
It is the infatuation with self.
malignant narcissism
The tendency to remain bound to a mothering person or her equivalents.
incestuous symbiosis
What is the goal of Fromm’s psychotherapy?
to establish a union with patients so that they can become reunited with the world
Assumes that humanity’s separation from the natural world has produced feelings of loneliness and isolation, a condition called basic anxiety.
humanistic psychoanalysis
They have no powerful instincts to adapt to a changing world; instead, they have acquired the facility to reason—a condition Fromm called the _________.
human dilemma
These have emerged during the evolution of human culture, growing out of their attempts to find an answer to their existence and to avoid becoming insane.
existential needs
