Freudian or Neo-Freudian Psychoanalytic Social Theory is constructed on the idea that our culture and our social environment, such as childhood experiences, contribute in shaping our personality. Karen Horney is “one of the three most influential women in the history of psychoanalysis” (Funder, 2016). Horney’s theory gives a great definition of neurosis by allowing us to have a different view of a neurosis. During Horney’s clinical experience she addressed ten particular patterns of a neurotic needs. Neurotic behavior in the 20th century has been known to describe a broad category of conditions that is associated with poor functioning. Horney’s had different ways of looking at neurosis in terms of self-image, that contribute to a person’s
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Abraham Maslow thought that people have different tendencies and needs when they are confronted with different things. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is an alternative to Freud and Skinner depressing determinism. Maslow felt that people are basically trustworthy, self-protecting, and …show more content…
According to Maslow, the hierarchy of needs consist of five physiological needs, “safety needs, love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs” (Winston, 2016). Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy needs display that our basic needs are at the bottom of the pyramid. The needs that are not most important are towards the top of the pyramid. Once an individual met or fulfilled a need they will move up to the next level of needs and so on and so on. Maslow believed that a person need must happen in order unlike other researchers who disagree and “argued that needs do not emerge in a given order…instead, needs occur over time” (Winston, 2016).
Self-esteem plays a role in understanding Maslow hierarchy needs. Having a strong self-esteem plays a role in an individual who feels loved and belonging. Maslow discuss in many research study that self esteem can lead to having a strong self- confidence, and feeling worthy which plays a role of a person’s personality. Someone who lacks those qualities will be unsatisfied and show signs of weakness. If someone isn’t able to climb Maslow pyramid they will be most likely to not reach
Abraham Maslow thought that people have different tendencies and needs when they are confronted with different things. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is an alternative to Freud and Skinner depressing determinism. Maslow felt that people are basically trustworthy, self-protecting, and …show more content…
According to Maslow, the hierarchy of needs consist of five physiological needs, “safety needs, love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs” (Winston, 2016). Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy needs display that our basic needs are at the bottom of the pyramid. The needs that are not most important are towards the top of the pyramid. Once an individual met or fulfilled a need they will move up to the next level of needs and so on and so on. Maslow believed that a person need must happen in order unlike other researchers who disagree and “argued that needs do not emerge in a given order…instead, needs occur over time” (Winston, 2016).
Self-esteem plays a role in understanding Maslow hierarchy needs. Having a strong self-esteem plays a role in an individual who feels loved and belonging. Maslow discuss in many research study that self esteem can lead to having a strong self- confidence, and feeling worthy which plays a role of a person’s personality. Someone who lacks those qualities will be unsatisfied and show signs of weakness. If someone isn’t able to climb Maslow pyramid they will be most likely to not reach