Chapter 7 FIB

Question 1

Fromm said that human, or _______________________, needs grow out of attempts to find meaning in life.

Answer 1

existential

Question 2

Compared with Freud, Fromm put more emphasis on _________________ influences.

Answer 2

social

Question 3

The ______________ ___________ refers to Fromm’s notion that humans have acquired the ability to reason yet lack strong animal instincts.

Answer 3

human dilemma

Question 4

To Fromm, ___________________ needs represent our attempts to avoid insanity.

Answer 4

existential

Question 5

A sense of _________________ refers to our capacity to be aware of ourselves as a separate entity.

Answer 5

identity

Question 6

The need to feel at home again in the world is called ________________________.

Answer 6

rootedness

Question 7

Fromm said that people have felt more _______________ as they have gained more economic and political freedom.

Answer 7

isolated

Question 8

The human need of _____________is the drive for union with another person.

Answer 8

relatedness

Question 9

Necrophilia is the opposite of _________________________.

Answer 9

biophilia

Question 10

To Fromm, ____________is the most common mechanism of escape in American society.

Answer 10

conformity

Question 11

Fromm believed that ________________ is the successful solution to the human dilemma.

Answer 11

positive freedom

Question 12

Fromm called _______________ the “freaks of the universe.”

Answer 12

humans

Question 13

To Fromm, the _______________ orientation is a result of modern commerce.

Answer 13

marketing

Question 14

Fromm called the sketching of a psychological portrait of a prominent person _______________________.

Answer 14

psychohistory

Question 15

Fromm believed that _______ was the epitome of a person suffering from the syndrome of decay.

Answer 15

Hitler