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- 1ch.5Psychoanalytic Social Psychology
- 2Karen Horney?born in 1885, Germany; emphasized forces in society that influence personality; stressed social forces that operate within family; personality is primarily a social product.
- 3wat did Horney think influenced neurotic behavior?not troubled by sexual problems but with the struggle to keep a job and pay bills; economic,educational,occupational,and social pressures
- 4what did Horney think about anxiety?human beings are genetically predisposed to anxiety;anxiety arises as a result of social forces
- 5Basic Anxiety?an insidiously increasing,all-pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world, results from feelings of insecurity in these relations
- 6what role does the environment play in anxiety?the environment as a whole s dreaded because it is see as unrealistic,dangerous,unappreciative, and unfair
- 7basic evil?all of the negative factors in the environment that can provoke insecurity in a child such as domination,isolation,overprotection's,hostility,lack of warmth
- 8neurotic needs or trends?exaggerated defense strategies that permit an individual to cope with the world.
- 9old definition of neurotic?emotional disturbances;not able to function in society
- 10primary modes of relating?3 major types of interpersonal coping strategies
- 11moving toward?one accepts his or her own helplessness and becomes compliant
- 12moving against?one seeks to protect him or herself by revenge or controlling others
- 13moving away?one isolates him or herself and keeps apart
- 14self-effacing solution?an appeal to be loved by others
- 15self-expansive solution?a striving for mastery
- 16resignation solution?a desire to be free of others
- 17the real self?represents what we are-those things that are true about us
- 18the idealized self?what we think we should be
- 19alienation?a person identifies with the ideal self and thereby loses the true and only source of strength, the real or actual self
- 20tyranny of the should?creating false need instead of meeting genuine ones
- 21womb envy?men envy the woman's ability to bear children
- 22how do women satisfy their creative needs?internally or externally
- 23how do men satisfy their creative needs?only externally, often through work
- 24self-analysis?understanding conducted without the aid of professional
- 25hypercompetitiveness?a sweeping desire to compete and win in order to keep or heighten that one is worthy
- 26attachment theory?the tendency to bond with specific others and to account for the distress that may follow separation and loss
- 27secure attachment?children seek proximity with their mother but also use her as a "secure base" from which to move and explore
- 28avoidant attachment?children mix proximity seeking mother-child relationship
- 29resistance attachment?children alternate proximity seeking passive and aggressive behavior
- 30parenting style?variations in parenting due to differences in behaviors expressing warmth and control
- 31indulgent parenting?more responsive than demanding; nontraditional and lenient
- 32authoritarian parenting?high demands but low on warmth and support; well-ordered, structures environments and expect obedience
- 33authoritative parenting?parents are high in both demands and warmth; provide clear standards and supportive disciplinary measures
- 34uninvolved parenting?low in both warmth and control;
- 35psychological control?efforts to influence a child that interfere with psychological and emotional growth
- 36Erich Frommborn in 1900, Germany; one's personality is a comprise betweens one's inner needs and the demands of society
- 37Freedom?a basic human condition that posits a "psychological problem"; as the human race has gained more freedom by transcending nature and other animals, people have increasingly experienced feelings of separation and isolation
- 38what was a major theme of Fromm's writings?loneliness was huge to him
- 39how do humans respond to the "psychological problem"?2 alternatives: they can work with one another in a spirit of love to create a society that will optimally fulfill their needs, or they can "escape the burden" of freedom into "new dependencies and submission"
- 40the three common mechanisms of escape from freedom?Authoritarianism,Destructiveness,and Automaton Conformity
- 41Authoritarianism?offers escape from the problem of freedom through submitting to a new form of domination; individuals may permit others to dominate them or may seek to dominate and control the behaviors of others.
- 42symbiosis?the union of one's self with another person or with outside power
- 43Destructiveness?offers escape from the problem of freedom through the elimination of others and/or the outside world; "the destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it"
- 44automaton conformity?they cease to be themselves and adopt the type of personality proffered by the culture which they live in;they become indistinguishable from the other millions
- 45what are the 5 basic needs?relatedness, transcendence, rootedness, sense of identity, frame of orientation and object of devotion
- 46what was the added 6th basic need>excitation and stimulation
- 47relatedness?relating to other people and loving productively
- 48transcendence?rising above the animal level or creatureliness and becoming active creators
- 49rootedness?feeling that we belong
- 50sense of identity?becoming aware of ourselves as separate and unique individuals
- 51frame of orientation and object of devotion?having a stable and consistent frame of reference to organize perceptions and make sense of our environment
- 52excitation and stimulation?actively striving for a goal rather than simply responding
- 53what are the 5 social character types frequently shared?receptive,exploitative,hoarding,marketing, and productive
- 54receptive?receptive personalities believe that the only way they can obtain something they want is to receive it from an outside source
- 55exploitative?exploitative personalities take the things they want by force or cunning
- 56hoarding?hoarding personalities hoard and save what they already have
- 57marketing?marketing personalities experience themselves as commodities on the market; opportunistic
- 58productive?productive personalities value themselves and others for who they are
- 59authoritarian ethics?have their source in a conscience that is rooted outside the individual
- 60humanistic ethics?represent true virtue in the sense of the unfolding of a person's powers in accordance wight he law of ones own human nature and the assumption of full responsibility for ones existence
- 61biophilous character?orientations that seek to live life
- 62necrophilous character?is attracted to what is dead and decaying and seeks to destroy life
- 63the having mode?relies on the possessions that a person HAS
- 64the being mode?depends solely on the fact of existence; the source of productive love and activity and leads to joy
- 65self-orientation?highly narcissistic
- 66ego-oriented character?a typical 'doer' compelled o construct reality anew without any boundaries
- 67authoritarianism?a way of escaping from the problem of freedom through submitting a new form of domination
- 68terror-management theory?the awareness and fear of death creates an ever-present prospect of terror and efforts to manage it
- 69scientism?exclusie reliance on a narrow conception of science, deeming it inadequate for the full comprehension of human nature
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