KAREN HORNEY

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• MOTIVATIONAL NATURE OF PERSONALITY
• EMPHASIZED THE INDIVIDUALS SEARCH FOR SENSE OF
  SECURITY IN THE WORLD AS THE PRIMARY MOTIVATIONAL
  FORCE IN PERSONALITY. EACH PERSON DEVELOPS A
  PERSONALITY STYLE FOR COPING WITH THE WORLD.
• SOCIAL NATURE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
• HORNEY AGREED WITH FREUD THAT MANY OF THE
  EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AS ADULTS
  CAN BE TRACED TO EARLY CHILDHOOD. HORNEY DID NOT
  ASSUME THAT PROBLEMS RESULTED FROM THE
  UNSUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION OF A PARTICULAR
  DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. AND NOT BY PSYCHOLOGICAL
  REPRESSION
• CULTURAL NATURE OF PERSONALITY
• HORNEY DISAGREED WITH FREUDS IDEA THAT FEMALE
  PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT HAS ITS BASIS ON WOMEN
  WANTING TO BE LIKE MEN (PENIS ENVY).
• HORNEY TOOK A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE. BOTH MEN AND
  WOMEN ARE MOTIVATED BY THE SAME DESIRE TO SEEK
  SECURITY.

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• BASIC CONCEPTS THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF
  SEEKING SECURITY
• HORNEY EMPHASIZED THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL
  INTERACITONS ON THE NATURE OF PERSONALITY
  ADJUSTMENT.
• BASIC HOSTILITY
• TWO MOST POWERFUL NEEDS THAT CHILDEREN
  DEMONSTRATE ARE FOR SAFETY AND SATISFACTION.
  BASIC HOSTILITY IS THE SENSE OF ANGER AND
  BETRAYAL THE CHILD FEELS FOR THE PARENTS WHO ARE
  NOT HELPING TO CREATE A SECURE ENVIRONMENT.
  SINCE NO PARENTS CAN BE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT AND
  SATISFYING, BASIC HOSTILITY IS AN INEVITABLE
  EXPERIENCE FOR THE CHILD.

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• BASIC ANXIETY
• FEELINGS OF INSECURITY, INSIGNIFICANCE,
  POWERLESSNESS, INFERIORITY, AND HOPELESSNESS IN A
  SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT AN INDIVIDUCAL FEELS IS
  FULL OF HOSTILITY, BETRAYAL, AND UNFAITHFULNESS.
  
• BASIC ANXIETY INVOLVES AN EXPANDED SENSE OF BASIC
  HOSTILITY BEING GENERALIZED FROM THE PARENTS TO
  OTHER PEOPLE IN THE INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL AND
  SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. (EXAMPLEBELIEVING THAT
  PEOPLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED, A PERSON MAY BECOME
  VERY RELUCTANT TO FALL IN LOVE OR BECOME VERY
  ABUSIVE AS A MEANS OF MAINTAINING EMOTIONAL
  DISTANCE.)

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• NEUROTIC TRENDS
• IRRATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH EMOTIONAL
  PROBLEMS AND MINIMIZING ANXIETY
• ANXIETY
• THE INDIVIDUALS REACTION TO REAL OR IMAGINED
  THREATS

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KAREN HORNEYNEUROTIC TRENDS

• ADLER
• DOMINANT RULING
• GETTING
• AVOIDANT
• SOCIALLY USEFUL

• HORNEY
• MOVING AGAINST
• AGGRESION
• MOVING TOWARD
• SUBMISSION
• MOVING AWAY
• DETATACHMENT
• WELL ADJUSTED

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• THE NATURE OF PERSONALTIY ADJUSTMENT THE
  OVERLAPPING OF THE REAL AND IDEAL SELF
• REAL SELF
• WHAT PERSON BELIEVES IS TRUE AND UNIQUE ABOUT
  HIMSELF OR HERSELF. INCLUDEPERSONAL LIKES AND
  DISLIKES, STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS, AND NEEDS AND
  DESIRES.
• IDEALIZED SELF
• PERCEPTION OF HOW HE OR SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE.
  WANTING TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT, POWERFUL,
  OUTGOING, HONEST, EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED WITH
  SOMEONE, OR RESPONSIBLE. MEASUREMENT OF PERSONAL
  GROWTH AND THE REALIZATION OF TRUE POTENTIAL.
• SEE CHART ON PAGE 133

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• SELF ANALYSIS
• PROCESS BY WHICH THE PERSON CAN GAIN A GREATER
  UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE REAL SELF,
  WHILE REDUCING THE INFLUENCE OF THE TYRANNY OF
  THE SHOULD THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM GAINING A
  SENSE OF SECURITY.
• (TYRANNY OF THE SHOULD)
• EXCESSIVE EMPHASIS ON WHAT SHOULD BE IN LIFE.
• PROCESS
• 1. ACHIEVING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
• 2. LEARNING FROM THIS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
• 3. USING THIS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO IMPROVE
  INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

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• ACHEIEVING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
• SELF-ANALYSIS EMPLOYS THE TECHNIQUE OF FREE
  ASOCIATION TO HELP CLIENTS THINK MORE OPENLY
  ABOUT PROBLEMATIC INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
• LEARNING FROM FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
• LEARN FROM THESE ASSOCIATIONS. EXAMINING
  NEUROTIC NEEDS.
• USING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO IMPROVE
  INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
• USE NEW-FOUND KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP MORE REALISTIC
  PERCEPTIONS OF THE SELF AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH
  OTHER PEOPLE.

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• FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY
• FEMALE PERSONALITY
• REFERENCE TO PHALLIC STAGE AND PENIS ENVY
• HORNEY SAIDPROPOSED THAT THE CHILDS FEELINGS OF
  BSIC ANXIETY, HOSTILITY, AND ANGER DIRECTED AT
  THE OPPOSITE-SEX PARENT THAT MAKE THE CHILD VIEW
  THIS PARENT AS NOT ONLY A SOURCE OF COMPETITION
  FOR THE AFFECTION OF THE SEAME-SEX PARENT, BUT A
  DIRECT THREAT TO THE CHILDS SENSE OF SAFETY AND
  SECURITY.
• WOMB ENVY
• FEELING OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT MEN SUPPOSEDLY
  FEEL FOR THE FEMALES ABILITY TO GIVE BIRTH. MEN
  EXPRESS WOMB ENVY BY CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY
  TO SUCCEED AND ACHIEVE IN OTHER AREAS.

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• NEGATIVE SIDE TO WOMB ENVY
• MEN COULD EXPRESS JEALOUSY BY BELITTLING THE
  ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN. ALSO, DISCRIMINATE
  AGAINST WOMEN BY MAKING ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS
  DIFFICULT. (PROMOTIONS OVERLOOKED, ETC)
• STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF HORNEY
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