Horney Flashcards
Horney criticized Freud on 3 accounts
- rigidity toward new ideas
- skewed view of feminine psych
- overemphasis on biology and pleasure principle
Horney insisted that kodwrn culture is too competitive and that competition leads to…
- hostility and feelings of isolation
- exaggerated needs for affection and cause ppl to overvalue love
Neurotic conflict stems largely from
Childhood trauma
Parents neglect, reject or overindulge their children that lead to feelings of…
Basic hostility
People protect themselves from basic anxiety thru a number of protective devices (4)
- affection
- submissiveness
- strive for power, prestige and possession
- withdrawal
Inner tensions that become part of one’s belief system and take on a life of their own; originate from interpersonal experiences
Intrapsychic conflict
Her view of Oedipus complex differed markedly from Freud’s in that she insisted that any sexual attraction ir hostility of child to parent would be the result of….
Result of learning and not biology
Goal of Horneyian therapy
grow toward self-realization, give up idealized self-image, relinquish neurotic search for glory and change self-hatred to self-acceptance
Horney believed that successful therapy is built on..
self-analysis and self-understanding
___ are not the result of instincts but rather of the person’s attempt to find paths through a wilderness full of unknown dangers
neuroses
Develops if parents unable to satisfy child’s needs of safety and satisfaction
Basic hostility
Feeling of being isolated and helpless in a world conceived as potentially hostile
basic anxiety
protection against humiliation and expressed as a tendency to humiliate others
striving for prestige
Salient characteristic of all neurotic drives
compulsion
What does it mean to restrict one’s life with narrow borders?
settle for less; downgrade abilities and dread making demands on others
Be admired for what they are rather than what they possess
neurotic need for personal admiration
3 Neurotic trends
- moving toward people
- moving against people
- moving away from people
Neurotic needs under moving toward people
- for affection and approval
- powerful partner
- restrict one’s life with narrow borders
Neurotic needs under moving against people
- for power
- to exploit others
- social recognition or prestige
- for personal admiration
- for ambition and personal achievement
Defeat other people to confirm superiority
neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement
Neurotic needs under moving away from people
- for self-sufficiency
- for perfection and unassailability
Neurotic trend that protects oneself against FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS
moving toward people
Neurotic trend that serves as protection against hostility of others
moving against people
Neurotic trend that characterizes feelings of isolation
moving away from people
An attempt to solve conflicts by painting a god-like picture of one’s self
idealized self-image
Neurotic needs under idealized self-image
- neurotic search for glory
- neurotic claims
- neurotic pride
Incorporate goals, self-concept in relation with others
neurotic search for glory
3 elements of neurotic search for glory
- the need for perfection
- neurotic ambition
- drive toward a vindinctive triumph
Mold whole personality into idealized self
the need for perfection
Compulsive drive toward superiority
neurotic ambition
Disguise as a drive for success but chief aim is to put others to shame/ defeat by one’s success; most destructive element
Drive toward a vindinctive triumph
They proclaim that they are special and be treated with accordance with their idealized self-image
neurotic claims
Associate with socially prominent ppl in order to avoid being hurt by people who refuse to accept their neurotic claims
neurotic pride
A result when real self doesn’t match idealized self
self-hatred
Self-hatred: berate self; taking responsibility for natural disasters
merciless self-accusation
Self-hatred: belittle, doubt, discredit, ridicule oneself
self-contempt
Self-hatred: shackled by taboos against enjoyment
self-frustration
Self-hatred: main intention is to inflict harm or suffering to self
self-torture
Self-hatred: overeating, reckless driving, substance abuse
self-destructive actions and impulses
Accdg. to Horney, Oedipus complex develops..
as an expression of the neurotic need for love
Ability to recognize threats in the environment would be related to decreased negative mood
Neurotic (in a good way)
