Lesson 7. KAREN DANIELSEN HORNEY’S(1885-1952) FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Horney Born in Eilbek, a small town in Hamburg, Germany on ____
September 15, 1885
Horney Died on ____ of cancer at 65 in New York.
December 4, 1952
Her views on personality are hostile. Her insights were derived from her efforts to relieve her
own pain and that of her parents, as well as that of her patients.
KAREN DANIELSEN HORNEY
they are those who move toward others,
they desire to be loved, wanted, and appreciated.
Compliant individuals(toward people)
are those who move against others,
they desire to excel and win admiration.
Aggressive individuals(against people)
they are those who move away from
others, they desire independence, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, and freedom from obligations.
Detached individuals(away from people)
parents lack or inability to love their children is the reflections of their own neurotic needs.
Basic hostility
a feeling of being isolated and helpless in a world conceived as
potentially hostile.
Basic anxiety
needs that characterize neurotics in dealing with basic anxiety.
Neurotic needs
Forms of protective device against basic anxiety
Affection.
Submissiveness.
Power, prestige, or possession
Withdrawal.
is a defense against the real or imagined hostility of others and takes the form of a tendency to dominate others.
Power
is 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
an attempt to deal with conflicts by painting a godlike
picture of oneself.
Idealized self-image
3 Idealized self-image
Neurotic search for glory
Neurotic claims
Neurotic pride