Transcript Karen Horney Notes

1.If a controversial subject came up
in class, which would you prefer to
do:
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A. Join a group of people with similar opinions
on the subject?
B. Be one of the debaters in a formal debate?
C. Write a report on your opinions?
2.Which are you more likely to do when
you meet someone new:
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A. Try hard to get them to like you?
B. Try to impress them that you are as good or
better than they?
C. Hang back and play cool?
3. If you meet someone of the same sex who you decide is
better looking than you, which are you more likely to feel:
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A. Warm toward them?
B. Envious toward them?
C. Uncomfortable with them?
4. In choosing a career, which would be
most important to you:
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A. Dedicating yourself to helping people?
B. Getting to the top?
C. Working independently without a boss?
5. When it comes to participating in
group games or sports, what do you feel:
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A. That you like the feeling of being part of
the team?
B. That winning is very important?
C. That you would rather not play?
6. Which best describes
you:
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A. That you are easy to get along with?
B. That you are competitive?
C. That you are independent?
7. What do you daydream or fantasize
about most?
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A. Being in love?
B. Being successful?
C. Being on your own?
8. When people do something to bother
you, what is your first response:
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A. To pretend that nothing is wrong?
B. To make it clear somehow that you are
being bothered?
C. To ignore it?
9. Which is more important to you?
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A. Being liked by people?
B. Being the best at what you do?
C. Being your own person?
Karen Horney
1885-1952
Neo-Freudian
SECURITY
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A child’s safety and freedom from fear, which
will determine the extent of normality in the
later personality.
Are the parents consistent?
Basic Hostility
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A child’s underlying and repressed anger
toward parents who deny security.
Basic Anxiety
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A childs sense of loneliness and helplessness
in a hostile world that is aroused by repressed
hostility.
COPING MECHANISMS
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A child’s trial and error attempts to handle
basic anxiety.
COMPLIANCE: Moving toward people.
AGGRESSION: Moving against people.
DETACHMENT: Moving away from people
NEUROTIC TENDENCIES
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(Insecurity) Habitual use of only one of the
coping mechanisms.
Scoring
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A’s=Tendency to “move toward people”
(compliance)
B’s=Tendency to “move against people”
(aggression)
C’s=Tendency to “move away from people”
(detachment)
Interpretation
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1. A balance of a’s/b’s/c’s (3/3/3) might
indicate an appropriate use of each coping
mechanism.
2. A predominance of only one letter (7-9 of
the same coping mechanism) might be a good
reason for the student to examine assumptions
about how to relate to others.