Exam 2 (maybe)

Question 1

In a minimum of 300 words, discuss Melanie Klein’s concept of Phantasies.
Include a thorough definition of phantasies according to Klein , & how this differed from earlier concepts of Phantasies

Question 2

In a minimum of 200 words, discuss what Klein meant by “good breast & bad breast”

Question 3

In a minimum of 200 words discuss what Karen Horney meant by Basic Hostility & Basic Anxiety.

Question 4

Describe Fromm’s 3 personality disorders in a minimum of 300 words

Question 5

T/F
Fromm conducted psycho-historical study of Hitler.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What is the main theme in Fromm’s book “Escape from Freedom”?

Answer 6

The more man gains freedoms (emerging from original oneness with man & nature) and the more he becomes an “individual”, then he has no choice but to unite himself with the world in the spontaneity of love & productive work or else to seek a kind of security.

Question 7

What is is critique of Fromm’s theory given in the textbook?

Answer 7

• imprecise & vague terms
• immune to generators of research
• too philosophical to be falsifiable or verifiable
• internally consistent (single theme in writings)
• lacks simplicity & unity

Question 8

What is Fromm’s view of human nature?

Answer 8

• shaped by childhood experiences
• individual personality can be understood only in light of human history
• humans have been torn away from their prehistoric union with nature
• have no powerful instincts to adapt to in a changing world. Instead they have acquired the facility to reason - human dilemma
• human ability to reason is a blessing & curse

Question 9

What time span after birth was most important to Melanie Klein’s theory?

Answer 9

First 4-6 months after birth

Question 10

What does object relations emphasize?

Answer 10

• an infants drives (hunger, sex, etc.) are directed to an object (breast, penis vagina, etc)
• less emphasis on biologically based drives & more importance on consistent patterns of interpersonal relationships

Question 11

What is the primary motive of human behavior according to Klein?

Answer 11

Human contact & relatedness?

Question 12

According to Klein, child in the depressive position

Answer 12

• begins @ 5th or 6th month
• infant begins to view external objects as a while & to see that good & bad can exist in the same person
• ego beginning to mature
• hated & loved object are one in the same
• resolved when children fantasize that they have made reparation for previous transgressions
• mother will return and not be away permanently after each departure

Question 13

Horney’s 3 Fundamental Styles people use to relate to others

Answer 13

1. Moving toward people
2. Moving against people
3. Moving away from people

Question 14

According to Horney, know what is a condition for growth of health development?

Question 15

Define Horney’s Basic Anxiety

Answer 15

• “a feeling of being isolated & helpless in a world conceived as potentially hostile”
• “feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted, endangered in a world that is out to abuse, cheat, attack, humiliate, betray, envy).
  Is the nutritive soil out of which a definite neurosis may develop at any time

Question 16

What are Erickson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development?

Answer 16

1. Trust v mistrust
2. Autonomy v shame & doubt
3. Initiative v guilt
4. Industry v inferiority
5. Identity v identity confusion
6. Intimacy v isolation
7. Generativity v stagnation
8. Integrity v despair