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Ch 4 - Karen Horney
Karen Horney - Neurotic Needs and Trends
Question | Answer |
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A higher-level need for security and freedom from fear. | Safety Need |
A pervasive feeling of loneliness and helplessness; the foundation of neurosis. | Basic Anxiety |
Ten irrational defenses against anxiety that become a permanent part of personality and that affect behavior. | Neurotic Needs |
Three categories of behaviors and attitudes towards oneself and others that express a person;s needs; Horney's revision of the concept of neurotic needs. | Neurotic Trends |
Behaviors and attitudes associated with the neurotic trend of moving toward people, such as a need for affection and approval. | The Compliant Personality |
Behaviors and attitudes associated with the neurotic trend of moving against people, such as a domineering and controlling manner. | The Aggressive Personality |
Behaviors and attitudes associated with the neurotic trend of moving away from people, such as an intense need for privacy. | The Detached Personality |
The self-image is an idealized picture of oneself built on a flexible, realistic assesment of one's abilities. | The Idealized Self-Image (Normal) |
The self-image is based on an inflexible, unrealistic self-appraisal. | The Idealized Self-Image (Neurotic) |
An attempt to realize an unattainable idealized self-image by denying the true self and behaving in terms of what we think we should be doing. | Tyranny of the Shoulds |
A way to defend against the conflict caused by the discrepancy between an idealized and a real self-image by projecting the conflict onto the outside world. | Externalization |
To Horney, a revision of psychoanalysis to encompass the psychological conflicts inherent in the traditional ideal of womanhood and women's roles. | Feminine Psychology |
The envy a male feels toward a female because she can bear children and he cannot. | Womb Envy |