Fromm Flashcards
Fromm called the need to feel at home again in the world
rootedness
For Fromm, the relatively permanent way in which people relate to themselves and to the world is called
character
Fromm called our capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity
a sense of identity
Fromm’s syndrome of decay consists of all the following EXCEPT
malignant aggression.
Fromm’s concept of humanity includes the notion that
people are the freaks of nature.
Tracy perceives everything that belongs to her as valuable and everything that belongs to others as having little value. Fromm would say Tracy is suffering from
malignant narcissism.
Fromm believed that the therapist should try to understand the patient by using
an attitude of relatedness
Fromm regarded Adolf Hitler as the world’s most conspicuous example of a person suffering from
the syndrome of decay.
Fromm believed that a symbiotic relationship
can be gratifying to the participants.
For Fromm, healthy people value work as
a means of creative self-expression.
In Fromm’s productive strategy of attaining rootedness, people
are weaned from the protective orbit of the mother or mother substitute.
Fromm held that the twin components of positive freedom are
love and work
Fromm called the healthy individual’s passionate love of life and all
living things
biophilia
Fromm’s hoarding character is similar to Freud’s _______ character.
anal
What was the most common character type found in Fromm’s research on social character in a Mexican village?
nonproductive-receptive
For Fromm, the drive for union with another person or persons reflects the human need of
none of these
?
Transcendance
rootedness
sense of identity
Adrianna’s frame of orientation is constantly challenged by inconsistent information. Fromm would predict that Adrianna will
force the information into an organization that she can understand.
Fromm believed that healthy people’s survival is dependent on
some combination of all character orientations.
For Fromm, positive freedom consists of
spontaneously expressing emotional potentialities.
Fromm’s human dilemma includes the notion that
people have acquired reasoning ability yet have few animal instincts.
According to Fromm, both masochism and sadism aim at
decreasing basic anxiety through unity with others.
According to Fromm, to keep one from going insane, one’s frame of orientation must include
a final goal
Compared with Freud, Fromm placed more emphasis on
social influences upon personality.
Which did Fromm NOT list as a sadistic tendency?
the need to accept criticism from others
A. the need to gain power over others B. the desire to see others suffer C. the need to exploit and use others D. the need to accept criticism from others E. None of the answers is correct.
Fromm used the term “necrophilia” to refer to
any attraction to death.
Fromm called our capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity
a sense of identity.
Fromm asserted that as people gained more economic and political freedom, they felt more
isolation
Fromm contended that people can break the cycle of conformity and powerlessness only by
achieving positive freedom.
Fromm called the urge to rise above one’s passive and accidental existence
transcendence
Fromm believed that people relate to the world in two basic ways
assimilation and socialization
According to Fromm, existential needs
all of these
Fromm believed that the ______ orientation is an outgrowth of modern commerce.
marketing
Fromm regarded Adolf Hitler as the world’s most conspicuous example of a person suffering from
the syndrome of decay.
From her salary as an elementary school teacher, Jennifer has accumulated a very large bank account. In addition, she has seldom thrown away any teaching aids. It thus appears that Jennifer has Fromm’s ______ orientation.
hoarding
For Fromm, psychologically disturbed people
have failed to establish union with others.
For Fromm, productive and caring creation reflects the need for
transcendence
Fromm believed that authoritarianism takes two forms:
masochism and sadism.
Fromm held that the twin components of positive freedom are
love and work
In Fromm’s view, the marketing character’s personal value is dependent upon the ability to
sell themselves to others.
Nell is careful with her money and rarely shares her thoughts or emotions with others. Her behavior illustrates Fromm’s ______ orientation.
hoarding
According to Fromm, the exploitative character, like the receptive character,
sees the source of good as outside himself or herself
Fromm believed that people who use conformity as a mechanism of escape
all of these
A. They lose their identity as unique individuals.
B. They often behave in a stiff, predictable manner.
C. They lack authenticity and individuality.
D. All of the answers are correct
Fromm believed that killing members of one’s species for reasons other than survival is peculiar to humans. He called such killings
malignant aggression.
Fromm held that our culture’s current feelings of anxiety, isolation, and powerlessness stem from
the rise of capitalism.
Fromm believed that ___ is the successful solution to the human dilemma of being part of the natural world and yet separate from it.
positive freedom
Fromm called the urge to rise above one’s passive and accidental existence
transcendence
Lorilee, a college junior, is extremely dependent on her mother to make both major and minor decisions for her. According to Fromm, Lorilee’s behavior is characterized by
incestuous symbiosis.
Fromm suggested that Hitler’s obsession with “superiority” of the German people reflects his
incestuous symbiosis.
According to Fromm, submission, power, and love are the three basic modes of
relatedness
Fromm regarded his parents as
quite neurotic.
For Fromm, basic anxiety is a feeling of
being alone in the world.
Fromm’s view of human nature was influenced by
all of these
In Fromm’s view, the burden of freedom results in
basic anxiety
Fromm’s most basic assumption is that personality must be understood in the light of
history
Fromm believed that humans, as the only animal to possess self-awareness, imagination, and reason, are the
freaks of the universe.
Fromm referred to our human need for a guide or map to make our way through the world as a need for a
frame of orientation
For Fromm, psychologically disturbed people
have failed to establish union with others.
Fromm believed that the lack of satisfaction of existential needs
eventuates in insanity for the individual.
According to Fromm, Hitler’s neurotic need to annihilate his enemies shows his
necrophilic orientation.
As a scientific theory, Erich Fromm’s humanistic psychoanalysis rates
low as a generator of empirical research.
According to Erich Fromm, ________ play many roles and are guided by the motto “I am as you desire me.”
marketing characters
In Fromm’s view, the marketing character’s personal value is dependent upon the ability to
sell himself or herself to others.
In the context of nonproductive orientations, ________ keep money, feelings, and thoughts to themselves and prefer holding everything inside instead of letting go.
hoarding characters
According to Erich Fromm, hoarding people are characterized by a lack of
creativity.
According to Erich Fromm, rather than valuing things outside themselves, ________ seek to save that which they have already obtained.
hoarding characters
In the context of nonproductive orientations, which of the following statements is true about hoarding characters?
They are excessively orderly, stubborn, and miserly.
Fromm believed that people relate to the world in two basic ways
assimilation and socialization
Which of the following is a salient feature of exploitative people?
They tend to be egocentric.
According to Fromm, the exploitative character, like the receptive character,
sees the source of good as outside himself or herself.
In the context of the primary mechanisms of escape, identify a true statement about destructiveness.
By employing destructiveness, destructive people acquire a type of perverted isolation.
In the context of nonproductive orientations, identify a true statement about receptive characters.
They are characterized by positive traits such as loyalty, acceptance, and trust
For Fromm, positive freedom consists of
spontaneously expressing emotional potentialities
In the context of the primary mechanisms of escape, identify a true statement about masochism
It is characterized by strivings that are often disguised as love or loyalty.
For Fromm, basic anxiety is a feeling of
being alone in the world
From J. J. Bachofen, Fromm borrowed the idea that
the mother was the central figure in early societies.
