TOP KAREN HORNEY

Question 1

what is the name of Karen Horney theory?

Answer 1

Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Question 2

according to Horney this is a feeling towards a parent which is developed if parents do not satisfy the child’s needs for safety and satisfaction

Answer 2

Basic Hostility

Question 3

according to Horney this is an effect of basic hostility; profound feelings of insecurity and a vague sense of apprehension which Horney defined as “a feeling of being isolated and helpless in a world conceived as potentially hostile.’

Answer 3

Basic anxiety

Question 4

what are the four neurotic needs according to Horney

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affection
submissiveness
power
withdrawal

Question 5

a strategy that does not always lead to authentic love

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affection

Question 6

Neurotics may submit themselves either to people or to institutions such as an organization or a religion

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submissiveness

Question 7

defense against the real or imagined hostility of others and takes the form of a tendency to dominate others

this is under neurotic needs

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power

Question 8

2 subtypes of power according to Horney

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prestige
possesion

Question 9

is a protection against humiliation and is expressed as a tendency to humiliate others

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prestige

Question 9

acts as a buffer against destitution and poverty and manifests itself as a tendency to deprive others.

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possession

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Neurotics frequently protect themselves against basic anxiety either by developing an independence from others or by becoming emotionally detached

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withdrawal

Question 11

what are the 3 neurotic trends

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moving toward people
moving against people
moving away from people

Question 12

what are the secondary adjustment techniques according to Horney

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blind spot
compartmentalizing
arbitrary rightness
elusiveness
cynicism
externalization

Question 13

this is a secondary adjustment techniques where a person is denying or ignoring aspects of an experience for they are not in accordance to one’s self image

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blind spot

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a secondary adjustment technique where a person is dividing his/her life into various compartments with different rules

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compartmentalization

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a secondary adjustment technique where a person is convinced that they are right in all their judgement

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arbitrary rightness

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this is a kind of secondary adjustment technique where a person is avoiding making decision so that no one can prove them wrong

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elusiveness

Question 17

this is a kind of secondary technique where the person is not believing in anything to avoid being hurt or disappointed by others

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cynicism

Question 18

this is a kind of secondary adjustment technique where a person is defend against conflict by projecting to outer world (similar to projection) is the tendency to experience one’s own psychodynamic processes as having occurred outside oneself, and then blaming others for one’s own problems

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Externalization