Fromm - Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Question 1

States that people have lost their connection with nature and each other; emphasizes the influences of sociobiological factors, history, economics, and class structure on personality

Answer 1

Humanistic Psychoanalysis

Question 2

Feelings of isolation and loneliness

Answer 2

Basic anxiety

Question 3

Fromm assumed that individual personality can be understood only in light of _______

Answer 3

Human history

Question 4

Fromm assumed that humans have been torn away from their _______ and left with _______ to adapt to a changing world

Answer 4

from their prehistoric union with nature and left with no powerful instincts to adapt to a changing world

Question 5

An ability to reason about one’s isolated conditions

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Human dilemma

Question 6

The first existential dichotomy is that between __. Although we desire life, our ability to __ tells us that we will die

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life and death; reason

Question 7

What is the second dichotomy

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We are capable of setting goals for individual growth that we know we can never reach

Question 8

Fromm’s 3rd existential dichotomy

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We recognize that we are ultimately alone, but we cannot tolerate isolation

Question 9

5 Human Needs

Answer 9

Relatedness
Transcendence
Rootedness
Sense of identity
Frame of orientation

Question 10

Human/existential need to unite with another person or persons

Answer 10

Relatedness

Question 11

People can relate to the world by…

Answer 11

Submission, power, love

Question 12

Only route to relatedness wherein a person can unite with the world while also achieving individuality and integrity

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Love

Question 13

Human/existential need to rise above our passive and accidental existence into the realm of purposefulness & freedom

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Transcendence

Question 14

Killing for reasons other than survival

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Malignant aggression

Question 15

Human/existential need to establish roots and to feel at home again

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Rootedness

Question 16

Productive strategy of rootedness

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Growing beyond the security of our mother and establishing ties with the outside world

Question 17

Nonproductive strategy of rootedness

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Becoming fixated and afraid to move beyond the security of our mother; externally dependent

Question 18

Human/existential need to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity

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Sense of identity

Question 19

Productive strategy of sense of identity

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Individuality

Question 20

Nonproductive strategy of sense of identity

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Adjustment to a group

Question 21

Human/existential need for a road map to make our way through the world; enables people to organize the various stimuli that impinge on them

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Frame of orientation

Question 22

Productive strategy of frame of orientation

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Rational goals

Question 23

Nonproductive strategy of frame of orientation

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Irrational goals

Question 24

A road map without a goal or destination is worthless

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TRUE

Question 25

Mechanisms to reduce the frightening sense of isolation and loneliness

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Mechanisms of escape

Question 26

Tendency to give up one’s independence and unite with a powerful partner

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Authoritarianism

Question 27

Stems from feelings of powerlessness and can be disguised as love/loyalty

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Masochism

Question 28

Attempts to achieve unity with another person/s by dominating, exploiting, or hurting others

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Sadism

Question 29

Masochism is more neurotic and socially harmful than sadism. TF

Answer 29

FALSE

Question 30

Doing away with other people/thing

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Destructiveness

Question 31

Surrendering one’s individuality to meet the wishes of others

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Conformity

Question 32

Human dilemma can only be solved through

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positive freedom

Question 33

Spontaneous activity of the whole, integrated personality (rational & emotional personalities)

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Positive freedom

Question 34

Successful solution to the human dilemma of being part of the natural world while still keeping individuality

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Positive freedom

Question 35

A person’s relatively permanent way of relating to people and things

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Character orientation

Question 36

Nonproductive character orientations

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Receptive, exploitative, hoarding, marketing

Question 37

Productive character orientations

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Love, work, reasoning

Question 38

A nonproductive character orientation wherein one believes that all good lies outside themselves and relate to the world by receiving things, including love and material possessions

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Receptive

Question 39

A nonproductive character orientation wherein one believes that all good lies outside themselves and act aggressively to get what they want

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Exploitative

Question 40

A nonproductive character orientation wherein one values things or people they have already obtained and hold on to these

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Hoarding

Question 41

A nonproductive character orientation wherein one sees themselves in constant demand and changes their values to match whatever they think others want them to be

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Marketing

Question 42

Positive qualities - loyalty, acceptance, trust

Negative qualities - passivity, submissiveness, lacks self-confidence

These are all qualities of a _______ character orientation

Answer 42

Receptive

Question 43

Positive qualities - impulsive, proud, charming, self-confident

Negative qualities - egocentric, conceited, arrogant, seducing

These are all qualities of a _______ character orientation

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Exploitative

Question 44

Positive qualities - orderliness, cleanliness, punctuality

Negative qualities - rigidity, sterility, obstinacy, compulsivity, lack of creativity

These are all qualities of a _______ character orientation

Answer 44

Hoarding

Question 45

Positive qualities - changeability, open-mindedness, adaptability, generosity

Negative qualities - aimlessness, opportunism, inconsistency, wastefulness

These are all qualities of a _______ character orientation

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Marketing

Question 46

This productive character orientation is characterized by care, responsibility, respect, knowledge

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Love (socialization)

Question 47

A passionate love of life and all that’s alive

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Biophilia

Question 48

This productive character orientation is directed towards attaining positive freedom and as a means of creative self-expression

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Work (Assimilation)

Question 49

This productive character orientation is motivated by a concerned interest in another person or object

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Reasoning (Thinking)

Question 50

A personality disorder characterized by a love of death

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Necrophilia

Question 51

A personality disorder characterized by a belief that everything belonging to themselves has great value and anything belonging to others is worthless; preoccupation with the sel

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Malignant Narcissism

Question 52

Obsessive attention to one’s health

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Hypochondriasis

Question 53

Preoccupied guilt about past offenses

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Moral hypochondriasis

Question 54

A personality disorder characterized by extreme dependence on one’s mother or mother surrogate

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Incestuous Symbiosis

Question 55

Unhealthy character orientations that exhibit all 3 personality disorders

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Syndrome of decay

Question 56

Healthy character orientations that display qualities of biophilia, love, and positive freedom

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Syndrome of growth

Question 57

Lack of satisfaction in any of the human/existential needs can lead to insanity

Answer 57

TRUE

Question 58

Physiological needs are enough to resolve our human dilemma. TF

Answer 58

FALSE

Question 59

T/F: Healthy people see others as they want them to be

Answer 59

False

Healthy people see others as they are and not as they would wish them to be