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Horney Flashcards

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theory of Karen Horney

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Psychoanalytic Social Theory

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psychoanalytic social theory is also called

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feminine psychology

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largely responsible for shaping one’s personality acc. to feminine psychology

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  • social and cultural conditions
  • childhood experiences
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developed toward parents during childhood, in the absence of love and affection

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basic hostility

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when a child has basic hostility, they suffer from _____

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basic anxiety

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lead to varied ways of relating to others

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basic anxiety

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idealized self-image is expressed as:

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  • neurotic search for glory
  • neurotic claims
  • neurotic pride
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expressed as either self-contempt or self-alienation

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self-hatred

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Horney placed more emphasis on:

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  • ego
  • social influences
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basic needs of childhood acc to Horney

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security and satisfaction

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Horney became the president of Freud’s rival organization called _____, which later on became the Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute

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Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (AAP)

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Horney’s most important work

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a book on Neurosis and Human Growth

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caused by disturbed human relationships

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neurosis

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rudiments of neurotic behaviors are found in the _________

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relationships between the parent and the child

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parents’ genuine affection and warmth, giving safety and satisfaction, leads to _____

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normal development

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parents’ indifference, rejection, hatred toward the children, (basic evil) leads to _____

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neurotic development

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developed by an abused child towards his parents

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basic hostility

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basic anxiety is also called

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basic conflict

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developed as conflict between hostility and dependency on parents, thus repressing basic hostility to survive

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basic anxiety

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basic anxiety includes feelings of being:

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  • small
  • insignificant
  • helpless
  • deserted
  • endangered
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10 neurotic needs

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  • neurotic need for affection and approval
  • neurotic need for a powerful partner
  • neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow boarders
  • neurotic need for power
  • neurotic need to exploit others
  • neurotic need for social recognition or prestige
  • neurotic need for personal admiration
  • neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement
  • neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence
  • neurotic need for perfection and unassailability
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desire to be protected from all dangers

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neurotic need for a powerful partner

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dreading to be taken advantage by others but thinks nothing except how to take advantage of another

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neurotic need to exploit others

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desire to be loved and admired by others

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neurotic need for affection and approval

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glorifying strength and despising weakness

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neurotic need for power

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desire to be conservative, avoiding defeat by attempting very little

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neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow borders

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avoids being obligated, not be enslaved, possessed, tied down, committed

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neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence

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desire to flattered, complimented, idolized by others

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neurotic need for personal admiration

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intense interest to be famous, rich, important, unreachable, grandiose

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neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement

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desire to be recognized, given attention, importance

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neurotic need for social recognition or prestige

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desire to be flawless because of hypersensitivity to criticisms

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neurotic need for perfection and unassailability

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primary adjustment technique

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neurotic trends

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3 primary adjustment technique or neurotic trends

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  • moving toward people
  • moving away from people
  • moving against people
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“If I give in, I shall not be hurt”

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moving toward people

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“If I have power, no one can hurt me”

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moving against people

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“If I withdraw, nothing can hurt me”

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moving away from people

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hostile type

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moving against people

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detached type

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moving away from people

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compliant type

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moving toward people

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moving toward people (compliant type) includes:

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  • neurotic need for affection and approval
  • neurotic need for a powerful partner
  • neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow borders
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moving against people (hostile type) includes:

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  • neurotic need for power
  • neurotic need to exploit others
  • neurotic need for social recognition and prestige
  • neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement
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moving away from people (detached type) includes:

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  • neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence
  • neurotic need for perfection and unassailability
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a normal person ____ all the adjustment patterns when dealing with other people depending on which type is appropriate at a given time

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utilizes

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a neurotic individual _____ and furthers his anxiety by emphasizing the type of trend as all times, even inappropriately or out of order

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cannot adjust

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secondary adjustment techniques

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  • blind spots
  • compartmentalization
  • rationalization
  • excessive self-control
  • externalization
  • arbitrary rightness
  • elusiveness
  • cynicism
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person does not feel responsible for himself or his actions

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externalization

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never making a decision about anything

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elusiveness

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denying or ignoring certain aspects of an experience if not in accordance with idealized self

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blind spots

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giving good reason to excuse conduct that would be anxiety producing

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rationalization

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based on personal choice, insisting authority, finality to end debate

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arbitrary rightness

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dividing one’s life into various components with different rules applying to them

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compartmentalization

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guarding against anxiety by controlling an expression of emotion

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excessive self-control

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2 intrapsychic conflicts

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  • idealized self-image
  • self-hatred
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the idealized self becomes more of an escape from the real self

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idealized self-image for the neurotic

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concept of what we would like to become, a goal to reach in the future, where we can organize our lives and aspire for

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idealized self-image for normal people

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3 aspects of idealized self

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  • neurotic search for glory
  • neurotic claims
  • neurotic pride
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building a fantasy world, proclaiming that they are special and therefore entitled to be treated in accordance with their idealized view of themselves

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neurotic claims

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need for perfection, neurotic ambition and vindictive triumph. A compulsive drive toward actualizing the ideal self

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neurotic search for glory

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loud proclamation of self to protect and support a glorified view of one’s self

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neurotic pride

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Neurotic people search for glory due to their unhappiness with themselves for not reaching their idealized self-image, therefore hating and despising themselves

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self-hatred

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6 major ways in expressing self-hatred

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  • relentless demands on the self
  • merciless self-accusation
  • self-contempt
  • self-frustration
  • self-torment
  • self-destructive actions and impulses
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acc to horney, the self develops _____

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basic anxiety

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imaginary picture of self as the possessor of unlimited powers and superlative qualities

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idealized self-image

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one in everyday life, frustrated, anxious, disappointed for not living up to the idealized self

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actual self

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will only be realized if the person begins to internalize that impossibility of Idealized self and embracing the failures of the actual self

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real self

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an expression of neurotic need for love, rooted in security from parents and not sexual intercourse.

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oedipus complex

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acc to horney, oedipus complex is due to ____ not to biology

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certain environment conditions

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a wish of women to have all qualities or privileges given to men, but not an expression of penis envy

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masculine protest

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responsible for the psychological difference between women and men

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society

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horneyian therapy

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  • to help patients gradually grow in the direction of self-realization
  • To create a realistic relationship between the real and idealized self
  • To make clients accept themselves for what they really are and develop realistic goals for the future.
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an imaginary picture of perfection

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tyranny of the should

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