Karen Horney - Summary Introduction to Psychology PDF

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○ disputed Freud’s concept of penis envy.○ childhood was dominated by safety need (need for security or freedom from fear.○ childhood experiences = shaping personality○ personality development is social rather than biological forces.○ impact of culture is the primary bases for neurotic and normal pe...

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PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIAL THEORY: KAREN HORNEY (1885-1952) ○ disputed Freud’s concept of penis envy.

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○ childhood was dominated by safety need (need for security or freedom from fear. ○ childhood experiences = shaping personality ○ personality development is social rather than biological forces. ○ impact of culture is the primary bases for neurotic and normal personality development. ○ traumatic childhood experiences may leave impressions to child future development. DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD=NEUROTIC NEEDS:

these needs become powerful because it’s the only means of giving of safety. SAFETY & SATISFACTION: man is not ruled by the pleasure principle but by these. DESPERATE NEED FOR LOVE: development of neuroses. BASIC HOSTILITY: need for safety and satisfaction are not satisfied. : repressed hostility leads to ↓ BASIC ANXIETY: feeling of isolated/helpless. : can contribute to the feelings of inferiority. : can protect themselves thru the following. 1. Affection

2. Submissiveness 3. Power

Possession

Prestige

Strategy that doesn’t lead to authentic love Some people may try to purchase love w/ selfeffacing compliance, material goods, sex. Submit themselves either to people or to institutions (org/rel) Defense against real or imagined hostility of others and takes the form to dominate others Acts as a buffer against destitution/poverty & its manifestation is to deprive others. Protection against humiliation.

Protect selves against basic anxiety by developing an independence from others or becoming detached from others.

INTRAPSYCHIC CONFLICT ○ IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE: attempt to solve conflicts by painting a godlike picture of oneself. : extravagantly positive view of themselves that exists only in their personal belief system. GLORIFY THEMSELVES THRU 1. Complaint People see themselves as good and saintly. 2. Aggressive People as strong, heroic, omnipotent. 3. Detached Neurotics wise, self-sufficient and independent. THREE ASPECTS 1. NEUROTIC Believe in the reality SEARCH FOR of their idealized self. GLORY Comprehensive drive toward actualizing the ideal self. Need for Perfection

Neurotic Ambition Drive Toward Vindictive Triumph

2. NEUROTIC CLAIMS 3. NEUROTIC PRIDE

“tranny of the should” “should and should not” towards superiority activities bring success most destructive put other to shame or defeat thru success.

Neurotics build a fantasy world (out of sync with reality). A false pride, based not on a realistic view of the true self but on a spurious image of the idealized self. When fail to treat them with special consideration,

PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIAL THEORY: KAREN HORNEY (1885-1952) neurotic pride is hurt. ○ SELF-HATRED: equally irrational and powerful tendency to despise oneself. WAYS TO EXPRESS Relentless Demands Exemplified by the on the Self tranny of the should. Even na’achieve na, dili gihapon mustop kay should be perf. Merciless SelfConstantly berate Accusation themselves. Self-Contempt Belittling, ridiculing oneself, doubting. Prevents people from striving for improvement. Self-Frustration Actualize & inflated self-image. Shackled by taboos against enjoyment. Self-Torment Self-torture Self-Destructive Physical: overeating, Actions and Impulses suicide, abusing alco. Psychological: breaking of a healthy relationship. FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY ○ many women possess a MASCULINE PROTEST. ○ neurotic desire to be a man. ○ belief that men are superior to women. PSYCHOTHERAPY ○ Goal: help patient to have SELF-REALIZATION. ○ Techniques: dream interpret,

free association

○ Successful therapy is built on self-analysis.

PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIAL THEORY: KAREN HORNEY (1885-1952) NEUROTIC TRENDS

NEUROTIC NEEDS

Moving Toward People (The Compliant Personality)

1. The Neurotic Need for Affection & Approval

○ protect oneself against feelings of helplessness. ○ display attitudes and behaviors that reflect a desire to move toward other people.

○ please others ○ try to live up to the expectations of others.

2. The Neurotic Need for a Powerful Partner

Moving Against People (The Aggressive Personality) ○ appearing though and ruthless. ○ in their world, everyone is hostile, only the fittest and most cunning survive.

○ a dominant partner ○ attaching themselves 3. The Neurotic Need for Restrict One’s Life Within Narrow Borders ○ being contented with very little. ○ downgrade their own abilities. 4. The Neurotic Need for Power ○ combined with the needs for prestige & possession and control others. 5. The Neurotic Need to Exploit Others 6. The Neurotic Need for Social Recognition or Prestige ○ trying to be first, important, attract attention. 7. The Neurotic Need for Personal Admiration

Moving Away from People (Detached Personality) ○ they must not love, hate or cooperate with others become involved in any way. ○ refuse anyone to get close to them. ○ expression of needs for privacy, independence and self-sufficiency.

○ need to be admired for what they are rather than for what they possess. 8. The Neurotic Need for Ambition and Personal Achievement ○ strive to be the best ○ must defeat others to feel superior

9. The Neurotic Need for Self-Sufficiency and Independence ○ strong need to move away from others proving they can be without others. 10. The Neurotic for Perfection And Unassailability...