Fromm: Humanistic psychoanalysis Flashcards
Fromm’s basic assumption
the human dilemma
Fromm identified five of these distinctively human or ___ needs.
existential
First is relatedness, which can take the form of___, ____, ____
submission, power, and love
Being thrown into the world without their consent, human have to transcend their nature by destroying or creating people or things.
Transcendence
Human can destroy through___ or killing for reasons other than survival.
malignant aggression
Is the need to establish roots and to feel at home again in the world
Rootedness
The fourth human need is for a sense of identity , or an awareness of ourselves as a separate persn.
sense of identity
Fromm meant a road map or consistent philosophy b which we find our way through the world.
Frame of orientation
As the only animal possessing self-awareness, human are the ___.
freaks of the universe
what are the three mechanisms of escape that people can adopt.
Authoritarian, destructiveness, and conformity
Psychologically health people work toward positive freedom through productive ___, ___, ____
work, love and reasoning
Productive love necessities a passionate love of all life and is called
biophilia
Unhealthy people have nonproductive ways of working , reasoning, and especially loving. Fromm recognized three disorders:
necrophilia, malignant narcissism, and Incestuous symbiosis
T/F. Fromm believed that a lack of satisfaction of any of the five human needs can result in insanity.
T
T/F. Fromm believed that political and economic freedom lead to feelings of isolation and powerlessness.
T
