Psychoanalytic Social Psychology Flashcards
an insidiously increasing, all-pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world, results from feelings of insecurity in these relations
Basic anxiety
the environment as a whole is dreaded because it is seen as unrealistic, dangerous, unappreciative, and unfair
Concept of Basic Anxiety
the negative factors in the environment that can provoke insecurity in a child
Basic evil
Such behaviors undermine a child’s security and cause feelings of b__ h__, which must be repressed for fear of losing the parent’s love
basic hostility
the result of the formative experiences that create basic anxiety
Neurotic needs
three types of coping strategies or primary modes of relating to other people:
Mt Mag Maw
- Moving toward (compliance)
- Moving against (hostility)
- Moving away (detachment)
compliance
moving toward
hostility
moving against
detachment
moving away
three basic orientations toward life: SefS SexS RS
Self-effacing Solution
Self-expansive Solution
Resignation Solution
represents what we are — those things that are true about us
Real self
represents what we think we should be
Idealized self
a person may completely abandon the real self for the sake of the idealized self
Alienation
Horney suggests that neurotics are governed by the TOTS. Instead of meeting genuine needs, those individuals create false ones
Tyranny of the should
Counter part of penis envy according to Karen Horney
Womb envy
can assist normal personality development. Significant gains may be made in self-understanding and in reaching freedom from inner restraints that hinder the development of one’s best potentialities.
Self-analysis
A lay analyst
Erich Fromm
It is a basic human condition that posits a “psychological problem” according to Fromm
Freedom
How will human beings respond to the “psychological problem” posed by freedom?
According to Fromm:
They can work with one another in a spirit of love to create a society that will optimally fulfill their needs,
or
they can “escape from the burden” of freedom into “new dependencies and submission.
Three Common Mechanisms of Escape from freedom: ADAc
Authoritarianism
Destructiveness
Automaton conformity
offers escape from the problem of freedom through submitting to a new form of domination
Authoritarianism
offers escape from the problem of freedom through the elimination of others and/or the outside world
Destructiveness
the majority of individuals seek to escape the problem of freedom through this process. They cease to be themselves and adopt the type of personality preferred by the culture in which they live.
Automaton conformity
relating to other people and living productively
Relatedness
rising above the animal level of creature-likeness and becoming active creators
Transcendence
feeling that we belong
Rootedness
becoming aware of ourselves as separate and unique individuals
Sense of identity
having a stable and consistent frame of reference to organize perceptions and make sense of our environment: FoO a OoD
Frame of orientation and object of Devotion
Actively striving for a goal rather than simply responding
Excitation and stimulation
r___ personalities believe that the only way they can obtain something they want is to receive it from an outside source; they react passively, waiting to be loved
Receptive
take the things they want by force or cunning; they exploit others for their own ends
Exploitative
h___ personalities hoard and save what they already have; they surround themselves with a wall and are miserly in their relations to others
Hoarding
m___ personalities experience themselves as commodities on the market; they may be described as opportunistic chameleons, changing their colors and values as they perceive the forces of the market to change
Marketing
value themselves and others for who they are; they relate to the world by accurately perceiving it and by enriching it through their own creative powers
Productive
orientations that seek to live life
biophilous character
attracted to what is dead and decaying and seeks to destroy life
necrophilous character
relies on the possessions that a person has, is the source of lust for power and leads to isolation and fear.
The Having mode
depends solely on the fact of existence, is the source of productive love and activity leads to solidarity and joy.
The Being mode
an appeal to be loved
Self-effacing solution
an attempt at mastery
Self-expansive solution
a desire to be free of others
Resignation solution
