Horney And Relational Theory Ch. 6 Of Theories In Personality 5Th Edition

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Basic Anxiety

Back 1

Feeling of isolation and helplessness resulting from inadequate parenting in infancy.

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Basic Hostility

Back 2

Feeling of anger by the young child toward the parents, which must be repressed.

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Moving Toward

Back 3

Interpersonal orientation emphasizing dependency.

Front 4

Moving Against

Back 4

Interpersonal orientation emphasizing dependency.

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Moving Away

Back 5

Interpersonal orientation emphasizing separation from others.

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Self-Effacing Solution

Back 6

Attempting to solve conflict by seeking love; moving toward people.

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Expansive Solution

Back 7

Attempting to solve neurotic conflict by seeking mastery; moving against people.

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Resignation Solution

Back 8

Attempting to solve neurotic conflict by seeking freedom; moving away from people.

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Idealized Self

Back 9

An image of what a person wishes to be.

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Real Self

Back 10

The vital, unique center of the self, which has growth potential.

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Actual Self

Back 11

What a person really is at a given time, seen objectively.

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Tyranny of the Shoulds

Back 12

Inner demands to live up to the idealized self.

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Externalization

Back 13

Defense mechanism in which conflicts are projected outside.

Front 14

Blind Spots

Back 14

Secondary adjustment technique in which a person is unaware of behavior inconsistent with the idealized self-image.

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Compartmentalization

Back 15

Secondary adjustment technique in which incompatible behaviors are not simultaneously recognized.

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Rationalization

Back 16

Secondary adjustment technique in which a person explains behaviors in socially acceptable ways.

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Excessive Self-Control

Back 17

Secondary adjustment technique in which emotions are avoided.

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Arbitrary Rightness

Back 18

Secondary adjustment technique in which a person rigidly declares what his or her own view is correct.

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Elusiveness

Back 19

Secondary adjustment technique in which a person avoids commitment to any opinion or action.

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Cynicism

Back 20

Secondary adjustment technique in which the moral values of society are rejected.

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Womb Envy

Back 21

Men's envy of women's reproductive capacity (the complement of Freud's penis envy.)

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Individualism

Back 22

Values, predominant in many Western cultures, of individual goals and achievement (in contrast to shared group goals and cooperation.)

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Collectivism

Back 23

Values, predominant in some cultures, or social cooperation and group goals.

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Relational Approach

Back 24

Approach in modern psychoanalysis that emphasizes interpersonal relationships rather than libidinal fixations.

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Object Relations

Back 25

Term used in psychoanalysis for relationships with people, based originally on the idea that people serve as objects to satisfy libidinal drives.

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Narcissism

Back 26

Unhealthy self-focus that impairs the ability to have healthy, empathetic relationships with other people.

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Attachment

Back 27

Bonds of affection in which an infant turns to the mother or other caretaker for comfort and security; by extension, close interpersonal styles in adulthood.