Exam 5: Karen Horney: Neurotic Needs and Trends

Horney relied on ____ to assess personality.

Horney's theory was influenced by her

The urge towards self-realization derives from

Persons who manipulate others to achieve their own ends represent the neurotic trend called moving ____ people.

Horney suffered from an inferiority complex from events that occurred when she was a young girl.

According to Horney, basic anxiety is the "all-pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world."

Horney agreed with Freud's belief that therapy should be passive, provide distance from the patient, and be intellectual.

Compare and contrast Freud's defense mechanisms and Horney's self-protective mechanisms, such as moving away, against, and toward people.

Hannah calls her classmates names behind their back and makes fun of them with her friends. This is an example of "moving toward people," according to Horney.

Horney believed that a person may protect themselves from basic anxiety with any one of ten neurotic needs. These neurotic needs become irrational solutions to one's problems; they can be grouped into three categories of directional movement called neurotic trends. Consider the three neurotic trends and give (a) an explanation of each of these neurotic trends in your own words, and (B) give a real-life example of each of the three neurotic trends.

A(n) __________ person must repress their personal desires and cannot defend against abuse.

____________ personalities are driven to seek control and superiority.

The four protective mechanisms

The neurotic trend Horney called moving toward other people produces the

Compared to Freud, Horney

The idealized self-image of the neurotic person leads to a problem Horney called the

The core of Horney's theory developed as a(n)

Horney's major assessment techniques were

Karen Horney was against the use of self-analysis, free association and dream analysis.

To Horney, basic anxiety is