Karen Horney

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Structure of Personality

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We use THREE NEUROTIC TRENDS (basic adjustments) to combat basic anxiety & fulfill TEN NEUROTIC NEEDS. Broken down to THREE PERSONALITIES.

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Karen's theme

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Neurotic needs and trends!!!

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Childhood is dominated by

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the safety need (higher-level need - security and freedom from fear)

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Key factor in pers development

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SOCIAL FORCES / relationship with parents

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If children have traumatic childhood experiences,

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they'll be fine as long as they feel secure and loved

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Things that can undermine child's security

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preference for a sibling
unfair punishment
erratic behaviors
ridicule
isolation from peers

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Children know if love is __

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genuine or fake

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Undermined security produces

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hostility

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Why would hostility be repressed?

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"I have to repress my hostility because I need you."
helplessness
fear parents
need for genuine love
guilt
fake love
[[the stronger these are, the more repression.]]

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Basic Anxiety

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-- foundation of neurosis
-- pervasive feeling of loneliness and helplessness

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4 ways to protect against Basic Anxiety

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1. Securing love & affection
2. Submission
3. Attaining Power
4. Withdrawal

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Ways to protect against Basic Anxiety:
Securing Love/Affection

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"If you love me, you won't hurt me!"

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Ways to protect against Basic Anxiety:
Submission

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Don't antagonize anyone. Repress own desires.

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Ways to protect against Basic Anxiety:
Attaining Power

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"NO ONE CAN HURT ME!"
Sense of superiority

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Ways to protect against Basic Anxiety:
Withdrawal

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Become independent of others. "No one ELSE can hurt me!"

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4 ways of avoiding basic anxiety: describe

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More compelling than physiological needs
May reduce anxiety, but IMPOVERISH PERSONALITY

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Neurotic Needs

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Irrational solutions to our anxiety/problems

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List the Neurotic Needs

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1 Affection/Approval
2 Dominant partner
3 Power
4 Exploitation
5 Prestige
6 Admiration
7 Achievement/Ambition
8 Self-Sufficiency
9 Perfection
10 Narrow limits to life
"a-ad p-pep a-a-asspn lil"

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Neurotic need becomes neurotic when __

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Intensive & tyrannical pursuit of one of the needs as only way to decrease basic anxiety!!! Overtakes personality

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Neurotic trends, describe

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- come from self-protective mechanisms
- compulsive attitudes and behaviors
- displayed in all situations

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3 Neurotic Trends

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COMPLIANT - toward people
AGGRESSIVE - against people
DETACHED - away from people

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Compliant Personality

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- need love from 1 dominant person && EVERYONE
- manipulate others by being endearing, trying to act attractive
- unusually considerate / understanding / sensitive to needs of others / unselfish
- "I'm so helpless that you must love me!"
- others are superior, I am inferior
- dependent, needy, must be reassured
- rejection is terrifying

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Aggressive Personality

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- no regard for others
- domineering, must perform at high level to affirm sense of superiority
- look to benefit self only

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Detached Personality

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- cannot love or hate or care
- become self-sufficient
- must avoid all pressure (social and other)
- want to feel superior, but others don't have to affirm this
- value logic/intellect

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Why - Compliant Personality

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- Repressed hostility, defiance, vindictiveness
- desire to control and exploit others

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Neurotic person's personality situation

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1 of the trends is dominant, with other 2 present. Fight to repress other 2. Not flexible like a normal person, because only 1 trend is ever displayed.

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Conflict

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incompatibility of 3 trends
THE CORE OF NEUROSIS

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Aggressive Personality - why

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insecure, anxious, hostility

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Difference between normal and neurotic is

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the level of intensity

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Idealized self image:
Normal
Neurotic

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Normal: flexible, realistic, based on abilities. reflects true self. how to approach self and others.

Neurotic: inflexible, unrealistic, illusion, an unattainable idea of perfection. alienates from true self. growing sense of futility when efforts fall short.

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Tyranny of the Shoulds

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Try to attain perfect self-image by DENYING true self, and trying to be perfect at everything