top #8 - horney: psychoanalytic social theory

• What is the first question the instructor will ask students?

  Differentiation of separation anxiety stages
• What is the second question the instructor will ask students?

  Explain Kohut's concept of "self"
• What is the third question the instructor will ask students?

  Developmental stages for psychological birth
• What is the main assumption of Karen Horney's psychoanalytic social theory?

  • Social and cultural conditions shape personality
  • Childhood experiences are crucial
• What happens to people who lack love and affection in childhood?

  They develop basic hostility and anxiety
• What are the three styles of relating to others according to Horney?

  1. Moving toward people
  2. Moving against people
  3. Moving away from people
• How is the idealized self-image expressed according to Horney?

  1. Neurotic search for glory
  2. Neurotic claims
  3. Neurotic pride
• What is self-hatred expressed as?

  Self-contempt or alienation from self
• When was Karen Horney born?

  September 15, 1885
• Where was Karen Horney born?

  Eilbek, near Hamburg, Germany
• What year did Horney enter the University of Freiburg?

  1906
• Who did Karen Horney marry?

  Oskar Horney
• What did Horney specialize in after marrying?

  Psychiatry
• What was the title of Horney's first paper on psychoanalysis?

  The Technique of Psychoanalytic Therapy
• What did Horney's book "New Ways in Psychoanalysis" signify?

  Her leadership of an opposition group
• When did Karen Horney die?

  December 4, 1952
• How did Horney's views differ from Freud's regarding personality development?

  • Emphasized cultural influences
  • Criticized instinct theory
  • Focused on childhood experiences
• What does Horney believe is the foundation of neurosis?

  A pervasive feeling of loneliness and helplessness
• What does Horney caution about childhood experiences?

  They shape character structure development
• What are the two types of anxiety Horney identifies?

  1. Basic hostility
  2. Basic anxiety
• What leads to basic hostility according to Horney?

  Childhood feelings of rejection or neglect
• What is basic anxiety a result of?

  Parental threats or defense against hostility
• What are the normal and neurotic defenses against anxiety?

  Normal defenses:

  • Spontaneous movement

  Neurotic defenses:

  • Compulsive movement
• What are the characteristics of basic anxiety?

  • Feeling of loneliness
  • Feeling of helplessness
• How does Horney describe the relationship between basic hostility and basic anxiety?

  They are inextricably interwoven
• What are the four general ways people protect against anxiety according to Horney?

  1. Affection
  2. Submissiveness
  3. Power, Prestige, or Possession
  4. Withdrawal
• What are neurotic needs according to Horney?

  • Irrational defenses against anxiety
  • Affect behavior permanently
• What is the neurotic need for affection and approval?

  Attempt to please others indiscriminately
• What is the neurotic need for a powerful partner?

  Attachment to someone with power
• What does the neurotic need to restrict one's life involve?

  Striving to remain inconspicuous
• How is the neurotic need for power expressed?

  Control over others to avoid weakness
• What does the neurotic need for personal admiration entail?

  Need to be admired for one's essence
• What is the neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement?

  Drive to be the best and defeat others
• What is the neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence?

  Desire to be independent from others
• What are the developmental stages to achieve psychological birth and individuation?

  Not specified in the material
• What are neurotic claims in Horney's theory?

  Not defined in the material
• What is the neurotic need for power?

  Fear of being exploited by others
• How do neurotics evaluate others?

  Based on how they can be used
• What is the neurotic need to exploit others?

  Combat basic anxiety by seeking power
• What motivates neurotics to seek personal admiration?

  Need to be admired for who they are