5: Horney - Psychoanalytic Social Theory

Question 1

in Horney’s theory, an attempt to make life bearable - process of interpersonal control and coping

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neurosis

Question 2

in Horney’s theory, a condition experienced when a neurotic need is not met, causing discomfort / distress

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anxiety

Question 3

10 needs based on principles that all human beings share, but become distorted by the difficulties of some people’s lives

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neurotic needs

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broad clusters / categories for the neurotic needs that people use to cope with life

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coping strategies

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moving-toward strategy / self-effacing solution - includes neurotic needs 1-3 (affection, partnership, restriction) - needs to be attached to others, devalues self, represses anger, dependent, undemanding

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compliance

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moving-against strategy / expansive solution - includes neurotic needs 4-8 (control, exploitation, popularity, validation, achievement) - identify with idealized self, arrogant, need to be right, likable facade, want dominance/control

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aggression

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moving-away-from strategy / resigning solution - includes neurotic needs 9-10 (hermeticism, perfectionism) and 3 (restriction) - resigned, lack goals, detached from emotions, private, uninvolved, vulnerable to coercion

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withdrawal

Question 8

termed the “basic evil” by Horney - lack of warmth and affection extended from parents to their kids during childhood, a main source of neuroticism (compliance, aggression, and withdrawal)

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parental indifference

Question 9

sense of anger and betrayal a child feels in reaction to parental indifference - inclined to lash out and protest in frustration

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basic hostility

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most common child reaction to parental indifference - becoming overwhelmed with feeling of helplessness, inferiority, fear of abandonment, insignificance

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basic anxiety

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the core of your being, what you believe to be true and unique about yourself - has growth potential

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real self

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one half of neurotic self - your perceived faults and downsides, possibly internalized from perceived rejection / hatred by peers (hating yourself)

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despised self

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one half of neurotic self - the unrealistic and ultimately impossible image of the person you “should” be, if you were living up to certain standards (pretending to be perfect)

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idealized self

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Horney’s suggested counterpart to penis envy - a tendency in some men to be envious of women’s ability to bear children, and to be driven for personal success to account for not being able to directly extend their legacy through bearing a child

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womb envy

Question 15

Horney’s novel idea that, with minor neurotic problems, individuals could act as their own psychiatrists

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self-analysis

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philosophy of psychoanalysis that Horney advocated for - non-authoritarian teaching, a spirit of scientific and academic democracy

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advancement

Question 17

who a person legitimately is at any given time when viewed “objectively”

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actual self

Question 18

1st neurotic need - indiscriminate need to please others and be liked by them

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affection

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2nd neurotic need - need for a partner to take over one’s life, in belief that love will solve all of one’s problems

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partnership

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3rd neurotic need - need to limit life to its very basics, be undemanding and satisfied with little, simplify

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restriction

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4th neurotic need - need for power and dominance over others, a facade of omnipotence, strength

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control

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5th neurotic need - need to impact others, which transforms into manipulation and need to use others for own ends

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exploitation

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6th neurotic need - need for social recognition and prestige, concern with appearances, fear being ignored

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popularity

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7th neurotic need - need for personal admiration, being recognized for inner qualities, being important

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validation

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8th neurotic need - obsession with being #1 at everything, winning, reaching highest level of accomplishment, devaluing anything you cannot do

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achievement

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9th neurotic need - need to be independent and self-sufficient, never rely on anyone, refuse help

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hermeticism

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10th neurotic need - need to be flawless, fear of being flawed in any way, fear of being caught making a mistake

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perfectionism

Question 28

irrational adjustments for coping with emotional problems to minimize the anxiety - do not resolve conflict but allow for temporary relief

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neurotic trends

Question 29

primary adjustment technique - choosing and expanding the opposite feeling in relation to a conflict (feeling helpless or hostile)

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eclipsing the conflict

Question 30

primary adjustment technique - removing yourself from people to avoid dealing with interpersonal conflict

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detachment

Question 31

primary adjustment technique - projecting blame for feelings onto something else and attempting to deal with that fictional source

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externalization

Question 32

secondary adjustment technique - person is unaware of behavior that is inconsistent with their idealized self

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blind spots

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secondary adjustment technique - behaviors incompatible with idealized self are not simultaneously recognized (only one at a time)

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compartmentalizing

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secondary adjustment technique - explaining behaviors incompatible with idealized self using socially acceptable terms

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rationalization

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secondary adjustment technique - avoiding emotions

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excessive self-control

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secondary adjustment technique - rigidly declaring your way is the only way

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arbitrary rightness

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secondary adjustment technique - avoiding commitment to an opinion or action

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elusiveness

Question 38

secondary adjustment technique - uncertainty leads to rejection of the moral values of society

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cynicism

Question 39

how you perceive that others are looking at you, evaluating you, judging your worth

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looking-glass self