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    Karen Horney: Psychoanalytical Social Theory

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    Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst known for developing a psychoanalytic social theory. She believed that personality is shaped more by social and cultural conditions like childhood experiences rather than innate drives. Children who do not have their needs for love met develop basic anxiety and hostility toward parents. This can lead to neurotic defense mechanisms like moving toward, against, or away from people in an effort to satisfy these unmet childhood needs. Horney also critiqued Freud's concepts of penis envy and the Oedipus complex, arguing cultural expectations rather than anatomy influence gender differences.

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    Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst known for developing a psychoanalytic social theory. She believed that personality is shaped more by social and cultural conditions like childhood experiences rather than innate drives. Children who do not have their needs for love met develop basic anxiety and hostility toward parents. This can lead to neurotic defense mechanisms like moving toward, against, or away from people in an effort to satisfy these unmet childhood needs. Horney also critiqued Freud's concepts of penis envy and the Oedipus complex, arguing cultural expectations rather than anatomy influence gender differences.

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    Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst known for developing a psychoanalytic social theory. She believed that personality is shaped more by social and cultural conditions like childhood experiences rather than innate drives. Children who do not have their needs for love met develop basic anxiety and hostility toward parents. This can lead to neurotic defense mechanisms like moving toward, against, or away from people in an effort to satisfy these unmet childhood needs. Horney also critiqued Freud's concepts of penis envy and the Oedipus complex, arguing cultural expectations rather than anatomy influence gender differences.

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    Karen horney

    PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIAL THEORY


    Back g r o u n d
    • Born "Karen Danielson" in Hamburg
    Germany in 1885, is a German psychoanalyst

    • was a neo-Freudian psychologist known for


    her theory of neurotic needs, her research on
    feminine psychology, and her critiques of
    Freud's emphasis on the concept of
    penis envy.
    Back g r o u n d
    • As a teenager, she suffered her first episode
    of depression, a challenge she faced several
    times throughout her life.

    • She was one of the first women to be enrolled


    in medicine school
    Psychoanalytic Social The
    ory

    • The Psychoanalytic Social Theory of Karen Horney was built on the


    assumption that social and cultural conditions, especially childhood
    experiences, are largely responsible for shaping personality.

    • People who do not have their needs for love and affection satisfied
    during childhood develop basic hostility toward their parents and, as
    a consequence, suffer from basic anxiety.
    Basic evil
    • is parental indifference, a lack of warmth and affection in
    childhood; refers to poor parenting to the point in which it is
    child abuse
    • It incorporates various inappropriate behaviors parents exhibit
    towards their children: rejection of the child; obvious
    preferences for a sibling; unfair punishment; blaming a child for
    what they may not have done; neglecting to fulfill promises and
    isolation of the child from others.
    basic anxiety &
    basic hostility
    Basic Hostility
    • is the sense of anger and betrayal that a child feels towards
    parents who are not helping to create a secure environment
    Basic Anxiety
    • is deep insecurity and fear that developed in the child because
    of the way they were treated by their parents.
    Neurotic Trends
    (Defense MECHANISM)

    • Moving Toward People (submission)


    • These neurotic needs cause individuals to seek affirmation
    and acceptance from others. People with these needs are
    often described as needy or clingy as they seek out
    approval and love.
    Neurotic Trends

    2. Moving Against People (aggression)


    • Rather than moving toward people in a posture of
    submissiveness and dependence, these people move against
    others by appearing tough or ruthless. They are motivated by a
    strong need to exploit others and to use them for their own
    benefit. They seldom admit their mistakes and are
    compulsively driven to appear perfect, powerful, and superior.
    Neurotic Trends

    3. Moving Away From People (detachment)


    • These neurotic needs create hostility and antisocial
    behavior. These needs become neurotic when people try
    to satisfy them by compulsively putting emotional
    distance between themselves and other people.
    F e m i n i n e
    Psyc h o l o g y

    • For Horney, psychic differences between men and women are not the
    result of anatomy but rather of cultural and social expectations.
    • Horney (1967) saw no evidence for a universal Oedipus complex.
    Instead, she held that it is found only in some people and is an
    expression of the neurotic need for love, the child’s main goal is
    security, not sexual intercourse.
    F e m i n i n e
    Psyc h o l o g y

    • Horney (1939) found the concept of penis envy even less


    justifiable. She contended that here is no more anatomical
    reason why girls should be envious of the penis than boys
    should desire a breast or a womb. In fact, boys sometimes do
    express a desire to have a baby, but this desire is not the result
    of a universal male “womb envy.”

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