Horney Flashcards

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Structure of the Personality

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Rejects Freud’s id–ego–superego structure.

Defines personality in terms of three “selves”:

Real self – alive, personal core with growth potential.

Actual self – how the person functions day-to-day.

Idealised self – defensive, omnipotent self-image constructed to deal with inferiority and anxiety

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