CHAPTER 6: ERICH FROMM HUMANISTIC PSYCHOANALYSIS

Relatedness

the drive for union with another person

Submission

a way of attaining relatedness by searching for a relationship with domineering people.

Power

a way of attaining relatedness by welcoming submissive partners.

love

a positive way of attaining relationship by uniting with somebody while retaining the separateness and integrity of one’s own self.

Symbiotic Relationship

a relationship that involves desperate need for closeness and relatedness which blocks growth toward integrity and psychological health.

Care, Responsibility, Respect, and Knowing

Fromm’s elements of genuine love.

Transcendence

the need to rise above a passive and accidental existence and into “ realm of purposefulness and freedom.”

Malignant Aggression

killing for a reason other than survival.

Rootedness

the need to establish roots or to feel belong and at home again.

Sense of Identity

the capacity to be aware of ourselves as separate entity.

frame of orientation

a road map to make a way through the world; a consistent way of viewing the world and an object of devotion.

submission or domination

negative component of relatedness

love

positive component of relatedness

destructiveness

negative component of transcendence

creativeness

positive component of transcendence

FIxation

negative component of rootedness

adjusting to a group

negative component of sense of identity

irrational goals

negative component of frame of orientation

wholeness

positive component of rootedness

individuality

positive component of sense of identity

rational goals

positive component of frame of orientation

Authoritarianism

an escape mechanism that seek to control or be controlled; a need for ambiguous authority

masochism

joining the self to a more powerful person in institution; disguised as love and loyalty

sadism

gain power over weak, use them, and make them suffer

destructivess

a mechanism escape that seek to do away with people. Eliminates object or person that is perceives as dangerous.

automaton confirmity

giving up individuality and becoming whatever other people desire them to be. Surrendering to rules and norms (even when disagreeing) in order to feel safe.

Positive Freedom

it states that a person can be free but not alone.

character orientation

it refers to a person’s relatively permanent way of relating to people and things.

assimilation

acquiring and using things.

socialization

relating to self and others.

Receptive

a non-productive orientation that states that the source of all goods lies outside themselves and to relate to the world they must receive things. Concerned with receiving than giving.

Exploitative

a non-productive orientation wherein they aggressively take what they desire rather than passively receiving it. They prefer to steal or plagiarize rather than to create

Hoarding

a non-productive orientation wherein they hold onto everything and do not let go of anything.

Marketing

they adjust their personality to that which is currently in fashion. They are guided by the motto “ I am as you desire me”

Biophilia

passionate love for life and all that is alive.

Necrophilia

attraction to death; desire of sexual contact with a corpse.

Malignant Narcissim

too much preoccupation and admiration about oneself.

Hypochondriasis

obsessive attention to one’s health.

Moral Hypochondriasis

preoccupation with guilt about previous transgression

Incestuous Symbiosis

extreme dependence to mother; mother fixation.

Humanistic Psychoanalysis

it states that people strives to become reunited with nature and fellow human beings.

Receptive Character

negative qualities of include passivity, submissiveness, and lack of self-confidence. Their positive traits are loyalty, acceptance, and trust.

Exploitative Character

the negative side are egocentric, conceited, arrogant, and seducing. On the positive side, they are impulsive, proud, charming, and self-confident

Hoarding Character

Negative traits of the include rigidity, sterility, obstinacy, compulsivity, and lack of creativity; positive characteristics are orderliness, cleanliness, and punctuality.

Marketing Character

Negative traits of are aimlessness, opportunism, inconsistency, and wastefulness. Some of their positive qualities include changeability, open-mindedness, adaptability, and generosity