Chat with AIExam 7: Case Studies 11-12 Harry Stack Sullivan: Contributions
What is the excitation and stimulation need according to Fromm? Has it been fulfilled by Ann and Jeff? Explain.
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VerifiedWe need a certain amount of stimulation in order to be at a peak of alertness and activity.This seems to have been fulfilled for Ann and Jeff because they are busy with careers and family and yet there is no mention of being overwhelmed by these activities.
Using Fromm's humanistic psychoanalytic theory, analyze Marla's behavior by answering the following questions.
-What type of mother fixation could describe the relationship between Marla and her mother, according to Fromm? According to the theory, why is this behavior displayed?
(74) VerifiedThe relationship is incestuous symbiosis (or incestuous relatedness).It develops out of a need for security and starts in childhood when children begin to experience freedom.
Which of Fromm's existential needs are met for Marla? Which are not? Explain.
(86) VerifiedThe relatedness need and the rootedness need appear to be met because of her relationship with her mother.The identity need does not appear to be met.Because of Marla's dependence on her mother, she cannot develop her unique self.Marla's need for excitation and stimulation also does not appear to be met because the case study indicates that her activity level is very low.We can not totally evaluate the transcendence need from the information in the case study but Marla does not have children and so, at least, that method of being creative has not been utilized.Marla's frame of orientation seems to revolve around her relationship with her mother.Maintaining this relationship seems to be her ultimate goal and her mother appears to be the object to which she is most devoted.
What is the identity need according to Fromm? Has it been fulfilled by Ann and Jeff? Explain.
(89) How could evolutionary psychology explain Ann and Jeff getting married and having children? How does this explanation compare with that of Fromm?
(83) Why do people in general, and Jeff and Ann, in particular, marry or form other close relationships, according to Fromm's theory?
(83) Using Fromm's humanistic psychoanalytic theory, analyze Jeff and Ann's behavior by answering the following questions.
-How could Fromm's theory explain Jeff and Ann's return to Batavia every holiday season despite the hardships?
(86) Using Fromm's humanistic psychoanalytic theory, analyze Marla's behavior by answering the following questions.
-What character orientation, according to Fromm's theory, would best describe Marla?
(88) How does Fromm's theory explain Jeff and Ann's mixed feelings about initially moving to Cleveland?
(82) How could behaviorism explain Jeff and Ann's return to Batavia every holiday season? How does the behavioral motivation emphasized by behaviorism compare with that of Fromm's theory?
(81) What is Jeff and Ann's frame of orientation, according to Fromm's theory?
(83) What is the transcendence need according to Fromm? Has it been fulfilled by Ann and Jeff? Explain.
(76) What character orientation, according to Fromm, would Ann and Jeff belong to?
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