Karen Horney Flashcards
built on the assumption that social and cultural conditions, especially childhood experiences, are largely responsible for shaping personality.
psychoanalytical social theory
if parents do not satisfy the child’s needs for safety and satisfaction, the child develops feelings of
basic hostility
repressed hostility then leads to profound feelings of insecurity and a vague sense of apprehension.
basic anxiety
defenses against basic anxiety:
affection
submissiveness
power/prestige/possession
withdrawal
strategy that does not always lead to authentic love
affection
neurotics may submit themselves
submissiveness
tendency to dominate others.
power
a protection against humiliation and is expressed as a tendency to humiliate others.
prestige
acts as a buffer against destitution and poverty and manifests itself as a tendency to deprive others.
possession
neurotics frequently protect themselves against basic anxiety either by developing an independence from others or by becoming emotionally detached from them.
withdrawal
different neurotic needs:
for affection and approval / for a powerful partner / to restrict one’s life within narrow borders / for power and control / to exploit others / for social recognition or prestige / for personal admiration / for ambition and personal achievement / for self-sufficiency and independence / for perfection and unassailability
They try to live up to the expectations of others
neurotic need for affection and approval
This need includes an overvaluation of love and dread of being alone or deserted.
neurotic need for a powerful partner
They downgrade their own abilities and dread making demands on others.
neurotic need to restrict one’s life within narrow borders
need to control others and to avoid feelings of weakness or stupidity.
neurotic need for power and control
evaluate others on the basis of how they can be used or exploited,
neurotic need to exploit others
to be important or to attract attention to themselves.
neurotic need for social recognition or prestige