Lesson 6 Flashcards
some people may try to purchase love with self-effacing compliance, material goods, or sexual favors
Affection
submit themselves either to people or to institution
Submissiveness
Dominating, humiliating, and depriving others
Power, Prestige, Possession
developing independence or emotional detachment
Withdrawal
Compliant Personality, to protect oneself against feelings of helplessness
Moving Toward People
Neurotic needs (1-3)
Moving towards people
Neurotic needs (4-8)
Moving against people
Aggressive personality, to use other people for their own benefit
Moving against people
Detached personality, solve the basic conflict of isolation
Moving away from people
Neurotic need 9-10
Moving away from people
is an attempt to solve conflicts by painting a godlike picture of oneself
Idealized self-image
see themselves as good and saintly
Compliant people
build an idealized image of themselves as strong, heroic, and omnipotent; and
Aggressive people
paint their self-portraits as wise, self-sufficient, and independent.
Detached neurotics
comprehensive drive toward actualizing the ideal self
Neurotic search for glory