Lecture on Psychoanalytic Theories and Personality

These flashcards cover key concepts related to Karen Horney, Erich Fromm, and Abraham Maslow's theories of personality and human needs.

Karen Horney was born in __________.

September 1885 in Eilbek.

Karen Horney's childhood experiences were primarily responsible for her development of __________ theories.

Psychoanalytic social.

Horney believed that people develop basic anxiety primarily due to __________ during childhood.

lack of love and affection.

According to Horney, neurotic conflict can stem from almost any developmental stage, but childhood is the age from which the vast majority of problems __________.

arise.

People combat basic anxiety by adopting one of three fundamental styles of relating to others: 1. Moving __________ people, 2. Moving against people, 3. Moving away from people.

towards.

Horney theorized that a difficult childhood leads to development of __________ needs.

neurotic.

Neurotic needs can be categorized into __________ main categories according to Horney.

three.

According to Horney, the idealized self-image is expressed as neurotic search for glory, neurotic claims, or __________.

neurotic pride.

Horney cautioned that strict adherence to orthodox psychoanalysis would lead to __________ in both theoretical thought and practice.

stagnation.

Horney believed that the aim is to have patients give up their __________ self-image.

idealized.

Fromm suggested that the isolation brought by __________ has been unbearable, leading people to choose between escape into dependencies or self-realization.

capitalism.

Fromm identified five distinctively human or existential needs: 1. Relatedness, 2. Transcendence, 3. __________, 4. Sense of identity, 5. Frame of orientation.

Rootedness.

In Fromm's view, self-actualization allows a person to be free and not __________.

alone.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs identifies the most basic needs as __________ needs.

physiological.

Maslow stated that self-actualization is not dependent solely on the satisfaction of __________ needs.

esteem.

Self-actualizing people possess a capacity for continued __________ of appreciation.

freshness.

The Jonah Complex is characterized by a fear of __________ one's best.

being.

Eysenck's three personality dimensions include: Extraversion, Neuroticism, and __________.

Psychoticism.

According to McCrae and Costa, the five personality traits are Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and __________.

Conscientiousness.

Horney compared neurotics to normal individuals, noting that neurotics are __________ to a single trend of behavior.

limited.

Maslow argued that higher level needs produce more __________ and peak experiences.

happiness.