Fromm’s Basic Assumptions

Question 1

Fromm’s most basic assumption is that individual personality can be understood only
in light of _____ _____.

Answer 1

human history.

Question 2

Fromm (1947) believed that humans, unlike other animals, have been “___ _____” from their prehistoric union with nature

Answer 2

torn away

Question 2

People experience this _____ _____ because they have become separate from nature and yet have the capacity to be aware
of themselves as isolated beings.

Answer 2

basic dilemma

Question 3

The first and most fundamental dichotomy is that between _____ and _____.

Answer 3

life and death

Question 3

A second existential dichotomy is that humans are capable of conceptualizing the goal of complete _________, but we also are aware that life is too short to reach that goal.

Answer 3

self-realization

Question 4

The third existential dichotomy is that people are ultimately _____, yet we cannot tolerate isolation.

Answer 4

alone

Question 4

they are rooted in people’s very existence

Answer 4

existential dichotomies