HENRY MURRAY - PERSONOLOGY

Flashcards about Henry Murray's Personology

When and where was Henry Murray born?

May 13, 1893 in New York City

What childhood experience significantly impacted Henry Murray?

Maternal rejection during childhood

Which individual had a great influence on Henry Murray's life and career?

Carl Jung

Who did Henry Murray develop the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with?

Christina Morgan

When did Henry Murray die?

June 23, 1988 at the age of 95

According to Personology, what forces influence personality?

Conscious and unconscious forces, the influence of the past, present, and future, and the impact of physiological and sociological factors.

What is the foundation for the development of personality according to Murray?

Personality is rooted in the brain.

What is the key way to cope with tension, according to Murray?

Reducing tension

How does an individual’s personality develop, according to Murray?

Continues to develop over time and is constructed of all the events that occur during the course of the person’s life.

Is personality fixed or static, according to Murray?

It changes and progresses; it is not fixed or static.

What does the ID encompass in Murray's divisions of personality?

Repository of all innate impulsive tendencies

What does the superego represent in Murray's theory?

Internalization of the culture’s values and norms

What is the role of the ego in Murray's theory?

Rational governor of the personality.

According to Murray, what are needs?

The motivators of behavior

What kind of need is Viscerogenic?

Basic needs like physiological and safety needs.

What does the Secondary need focus on?

Emotional satisfaction.

What are Reactive Needs?

Aroused only when that object appears.

What are Proactive Needs?

Do not depend on the presence of a particular object.

What does Need's Prepotency mean?

Needs differ in terms of the urgency with which they impel behavior

What does Fusion of Needs mean?

Some needs are complementary and can be satisfied by one behavior or a set of behaviors

What does Subsidization mean?

Refers to a situation in which one need is activated to aid in satisfying another need.

What is Press?

The influence of the environmental and the past events on the current activation of need

What is Alpha Press?

Governed by the reality or external factor in the behavior

What is Beta Press?

Dependent to individuals.

What is Thema?

Combines personal factors (needs) with the environmental factors that pressure or compel our behavior (presses).

What is Simple Claustral Complex?

A desire to be in small, warm, dark places that are safe and secluded

What is Insupport Form of Claustral Complex?

Centers on feelings of insecurity and helplessness.

What is Anticlaustral or Egression Form of Claustral Complex?

Fear of suffocation and confinement

What is Oral Succorance Complex?

A combination of mouth activities, passive tendencies and the need to be supported and protected

What is Oral Aggression Complex?

Combines oral and aggressive behaviors

What is Oral Rejection Complex?

Vomiting, being picky about food, eating little, fearing oral contamination, desiring seclusions and avoiding dependence on others

What is Anal Rejection Complex?

Preoccupation with defecation, anal humor, and feces-like material.

What is Anal Retention Complex?

Manifested in accumulating, saving and collecting things and in cleanliness, neatness and orderliness.

What is Urethral Complex?

Excessive ambition, a distorted sense of self-esteem, exhibitionism, bed-wetting, sexual cravings and self-love.

What is Icarus Complex?

A person or individual who aims to high and their dreams are shattered by failure.

What is Genital or Castration Complex?

Boy’s fantasy that his penis might be cut-off