Karen Horney

For this applied theory paper, I used Karen Horney’s Psychoanalytic Social Theory and chose Black Swan as the movie which I will critique with Horney’s theory. The character I chose to observe was the main character Nina Sayers. As I analyzed her I noticed two neurotic needs which I focused on and these neurotic needs were the neurotic need for perfection and unassailability and the neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence (Horney, 1942). In the first neurotic need, “Neurotics strive…

Three women were responsible for the feminist theory. Each one helped open the door to the future of female researchers each left their own unique marks. Starting with Anna Freud she developed her theory of mechanism of defense. This theory suggest that when the ego goes through something it cannot handle (traumatic) it goes into defense mode. This is then broken down to nine different defense mechanisms: displacement, denial, projection, intellectualization, sublimation, regression, repression,…

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…

The Evolution of Personality Theory An important aspect of this paper will be an examination of the numerous theories from a variety of psychologists who have introduced new and exciting personality theories throughout the twentieth century. Some of these theories are competing and contradictory while others are supportive and complementary. In 1920 over two hundred books had been published on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality. His work implicated the structure of the mind ( the id,…

equality. This is true in many cases because due to the socialization in the past and the stereotypes seen, women had an ideal role they play in society and that is usually as a follower. It is said by many feminists such as Dorothy Smith and Karen Horney that women are oppressed and unheard. However I believe this situational comedy sets a positive example that women are not always the lower tier on the hierarchical pyramid. Women have control and it has been proven although many females were…

Personality is a popular dimension to study in the world of psychology. Many psychologists have different views of what they would consider as something important in creating theories that can help define personality. The definition of personality varies depending on the beliefs and assumptions of those studying it. (Unit 1 Introduction.) The requirements that I would believe would make a theory of personality feasible would be theories that are universal and apply to everyone, as well as,…

Tennant and Ramo (1996), states that human behavior is learned and is learned through observation (Bustamante, Tennant & Ramo, 1996). The psychodynamic approach was founded by Sigmund Freud and Neo-Freudians Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, and Karen Horney. Based on the psychodynamic approach an individual’s personality is shaped by the…

Discuss the services provided by phrenology, physiognomy, mesmerism, spiritualist, and mental healer. Identify what aspects of these pseudosciences are similar in some way to what professionals psychologist provide today. The psychologies of the 19th century such as phrenology, physiognomy, mesmerism, spiritualist, and mental healers were very popular and the public strongly believed in their teachings and practices. Phrenology used the cranial measurement to identify the talents and…

A. Exploring the Unconscious i. Freud used free association, in which he told the patient to relax and say whatever came to mind. ii. Called his treatment techniques psychoanalysis iii. Beneath our awareness is the larger unconscious mind with its thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. 1. Some of these memories we store in a preconscious area, from which we retrieve them into conscious awareness. 2. We repress, or forcibly block from our unconscious things that are too unsettling to…

A self-assessment is a thorough evaluation of one’s self and actions and attitudes. When thinking about personal self-assessment approaches or ideas, there are seven theories that come to play when describing a person’s self-assessment. All humans are required to have contrasting personalities and in doing so, scientist and personality theorists come up with several approaches that distinct human beings from one another; some people may have the same personalities, some people may have the same…