KAREN HORNEY

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placed far more emphasis on

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SOCIAL FACTORS

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Horney criticised Freudian theory on at least three accounts:

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its rigidity toward new ideas,
its skewed view of feminine psychology
it’s over emphasis on biology and the pleasure principle.

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Horney insisted that modern culture is too competitive and that competition leads to ….

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hostility and feelings of isolation

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All children need feelings of safety and security, but these can be gained only by love from parents. Unfortunately, parents often neglect, dominate, reject, or overindulge their children, conditions that lead to the child’s feelings of,…..

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BASIC HOSTILITY TOWARDS PARENTS

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Neurotic conflict stems largely from

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CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS

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If children repress feelings of basic hostility, they will develop feelings of insecurity and a pervasive sense of apprehension called

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BASIC ANXIETY

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People can protect themselves from basic anxiety through a number of protective devices:

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Affection
Submissiveness
Power, prestige,or possession
Withdrawal.

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In their quest for affection and approval, neurotics attempt indiscriminately to please others. They try to live up to the expectations of others, tend to dread self-assertion, and are quite uncomfortable with the hostility of others as well as the hostile feelings within themselves.

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FOR AFFECTION AND APPROVAL

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This need includes an overvaluation of love and a dread of being alone or deserted. Horney’s ownlife story reveals a strong need to relate to a great man, and she had a series of such relationships during her adult life.

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FOR A POWERFUL PARTNER

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Neurotic Frequently strive to remain inconspicuous, to take second place, and to be content with very little. They downgrade their own abilities and dread making demands on others.

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TO RESTRICT ONE’S LIFE WITHIN NARROW BORDERS

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Power and affection are perhaps the two greatest neurotic needs. The need for power is usually combined with the needs for prestige and possession and manifests itself as the need to control others and to avoid feelings of weakness or stupidity.

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FOR POWER

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Neurotics frequently evaluate others on the basis of how they can be used or exploited, but at the same time, they fear being exploited by others.

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TO EXPLOIT OTHERS

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Some people combat basic anxiety by trying to be first, to be important, or to attract attention to themselves.

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FOR SOCIAL RECOGNITION OR PRESTIGE

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Neurotics have a need to beadmired for what they are rather than for what they possess. Their inflatedself-esteem must be continually fed by the admiration and approval of others.

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FOR PERSONAL ADMIRATION

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Neurotics often have a strong drive to be the best—the best salesperson, the best bowler,the best lover. They must defeat other people in order to confirm their superiority.

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FOR AMBITION AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT

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Many neuroticists have a strong need to move away from people, thereby proving that they can get along without others. The playboy who cannot be tied down by a woman exemplifies this neurotic need

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FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND INDEPENDENCE

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By striving relentlessly for perfection, neurotics receive “proof ” of their self-esteem and personal superiority. They dread making mistakes and having personal flaws, and they desperately attempt to hide their weaknesses from others.

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FOR PERFECTION AND UNASSAILABILITY

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in which compliant people protect themselves against feelings of helplessness by attaching themselves to other people

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MOVING TOWARD PEOPLE

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in which aggressive people protect themselves against perceived hostility of others by exploiting others.

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MOVING AGAINST PEOPLE

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in which detached people protect themselves against feelings of isolation by appearing arrogant and aloof.

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MOVING AWAY FROM PEOPLE

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Horney recognized three aspects of the idealised self-image:

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NEUROTIC SEARCH FOR GLORY, NEUROTIC CLAIMS, NEUROTIC PRIDE

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Neurotics dislike themselves because reality always falls short of their idealised view of self.

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Self-Hatred