Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory Flashcards
Theory that was built on the assumption that social and cultural conditions, especially childhood experiences, are largely responsible for shaping personality.
Horney’s psychoanalytic social theory
Characterize neurotics in their attempts to combat basic anxiety.
Neurotic needs
10 neurotic needs.
The neurotic need for affection and approval.
The neurotic need for a powerful partner.
The neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow borders.
The neurotic need for power.
The neurotic need to exploit others.
The neurotic need for social recognition or prestige.
The neurotic need for admiration.
The neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement.
The neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence.
The neurotic need for perfection and unassailabilty.
3 basic neurotic trends.
Moving toward people
Moving against people
Moving away from people
Results from childhood feelings of rejection or neglect by parents or from a defense against basic anxiety.
Basic hostility
Results from parental threats or from a defense against hostility.
Basic anxiety
A neurotic need to protect oneself against feelings of helplessness.
Moving toward people
A strategy that is resulted by aggressive people taking for granted that everyone is hostile.
Moving against people
A strategy that is an expression of needs for privacy, independence, and self-sufficiency.
Moving away from people
2 important intrapsychic conflicts.
Idealized self-image
Self-hatred
An attempt to solve conflicts by painting a godlike picture of oneself.
Idealized self-image
An interrelated yet equally irrational and powerful tendency to despise one’s real self.
Self-hatred
Refers to the drive to mold the whole personality into the idealized self.
Need for perfection
What did Horney refer to to the drive “need for perfection”?
Tyranny of the should
The compulsive drive toward superiority.
Neurotic ambition
