Chapter 5 Karen Horney

Anxiety

is the result of social and environmental forces

Basic Anxiety

Pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world

Moving Toward- Self-Effacing Solution

One of the coping strategies is when someone is compliant and allows people to dominate over them. So they tend to be looking for someone to love them.

Moving against- Self-Expansive Solution

One of the coping strategies is that someone is hostile and likes to dominate over others. They attempt mastery

Moving away - Resignation Solution

one of the coping strategies when someone is detached from their environment. They have the desire to be free of others.

Womb Envy

women have a superior role in sexual life due to the ability to nurse children; men experience intense envy

impressive achievements of men in creative fields are examples of compensation for the ability to bear children

Real Self

represents what we are; those things that are true about us

Idealized Self

Represents what we think we should be