Horney & Erikson Flashcards
According to Horney, what was one of the most important part of her theory?
Parental neglect
What did Horney and Freud disagreed on?
Horney did not believe in the Oedipus complex and in the division of the mind in the id, ego and superego
Why did Horney believe that personality development was influenced by culture rather than biology (like Freud)?
Because she believed that the issues discussed by Freud were only applicable to his time and place, and not universal, therefore it cannot be biological, but cultural
What is the name of Horney’s approach to personality?
Socio-culture theory of personality or feminine psychology
Horney did not put much emphasis on the sexual repression, unlike Freud, what did she think was the cause of most issues?
Everyday stressors
What is womb envy? How does it impact men?
Counterpart to Freud’s penis envy, the idea that men envy women’s ability to bear and nurse children. Men compensate for their inability to have children through achievement in other domains
According to Horney, what is the most important need in childhood?
Need for safety
What does ridicule and humiliation in childhood lead too?
To too much feeling of inferiority
Horney’s theory is most similar to…?
Adler
What does neglectful parenting led to?
To hostility towards parents
According to Horney, what happens when someone develops hostility?
It is repressed, which leads to anxiety. It can only be ended by its release, often displaced unto others
What are the three concepts that define one’s personality and lifestyles?
- Basic evil
- Basic hostility
- Basic anxiety
What is basic evil?
Anything parents do that undermine the child
What is basic hostility?
Feeling generated in a child when basic need of safety and satisfaction are not met by parents
What is basic anxiety?
Psychological state that exists when basic hostility is repressed. General feeling that everyone is potentially dangerous (displacement of basic hostility unto others)
