Personality Chapter 6
Match the elements of the neurotic search for glory as recognized by Karen Horney (in the left column) with their descriptions (in the right column). 1. the need for perfection 2. neurotic ambition 3. the drive toward a vindictive triumph a. the drive that grows out of the childhood desire to take revenge for real or imagined humiliations b. the drive that mold the whole personality into the idealized self c. the compulsive drive toward superiority
1. b 2. c 3. a
Frederick Coolidge and his colleagues worked to operationalize Karen Horney's three neurotic trends, developing and testing the psychometric properties of an instrument called the _____-_____ _____ _____ or HCTI.
Horney Coolidge Tridimensional Inventory
Which of the following are criticisms of Karen Horney's social psychoanalytic theory? (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. It focuses exclusively on neurotics. It makes specific assumptions about psychologically healthy individuals. It is not specific enough to give the practitioner a detailed course of action. It uses concepts that are both verifiable and falsifiable. It has little capacity to explain what is known about people in general.
It focuses exclusively on neurotics. It is not specific enough to give the practitioner a detailed course of action. It has little capacity to explain what is known about people in general.
_____ grow out of normal needs and wishes, but are quite different. Multiple choice question. Neurotic conflicts Neurotic tendencies Neurotic claims Neurotic resolutions
Neurotic claims
_____ is based on an idealized image of self and is usually loudly proclaimed in order to protect and support a glorified view of one's self. Multiple choice question. Neurotic pride Neurotic power Neurotic triumph Neurotic ambition
Neurotic pride
_____ is a defense against the real or imagined hostility of others and takes the form of a tendency to dominate others. Multiple choice question. Submission Anxiety Power Aggression
Power
According to Karen Horney, which of the following are the two greatest neurotic needs? Multiple choice question. Power and affection Wealth and luxury Ambition and personal achievement Recognition and fame
Power and affection
_____ is a protection against humiliation and is expressed as a tendency to humiliate others. Multiple choice question. Possession Submission Power Prestige
Prestige
According to Karen Horney, identify the ways in which people express self-hatred. (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. Self-frustration Merciless self-accusation Constant engagement in selfless tasks Continuous involvement in selfish activities Relentless demands on the self Self-torment
Relentless demands on the self Merciless self-accusation Self-frustration Relentless demands on the self
Identify Karen Horney's view of the Oedipus complex. Multiple choice question. She believed that it was due to certain physiological conditions and not cognitive conditions. She believed that it was due to cognitive conditions and not certain physiological conditions. She insisted that it was due to certain environmental conditions and not to biology. She insisted that it was due to biology and not certain environmental conditions.
She insisted that it was due to certain environmental conditions and not to biology.
According to Karen Horney, which of the following leads neurotics to hate and despise their actual self because it falls so short in matching the glorified self-image? Multiple choice question. The gap between the collective unconscious and the conscious The gap between the idealized self-image and the real self The gap between the ego and the super-conscious The gap between the ignored self-image and the real self
The gap between the idealized self-image and the real self
With reference to Karen Horney's psychotherapy, which of the following is true of neurotic trends that are adopted by people? Multiple choice question. They allow people to actualize the real self. They are adopted by people in order to solve basic conflict. They cannot provide temporary relief. They do not allow people to go deeper into neurotic spirals.
They are adopted by people in order to solve basic conflict.
According to Karen Horney, which of the following is a characteristic of inauthentic individuals? Multiple choice question. They feel sorry for themselves on receiving unfair treatment from others. They engage in peaceful and often self-sacrificing behavior toward others. They are compelled to realize the idealized self. They are likely to accept their shortcomings.
They are compelled to realize the idealized self.
According to Karen Horney, which of the following are true of inauthentic individuals? (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. They evaluate themselves against others and accept their shortcomings and strengths. They react with hostility to perceived threats.They react with hostility to perceived threats. They engage in the neurotic needs to meet the standards of the idealized self.
They react with hostility to perceived threats. They engage in the neurotic needs to meet the standards of the idealized self.
Identify a characteristic of people who adopt the neurotic trend of moving away from people. Multiple choice question. See themselves as loving, unselfish, and generous Value social gatherings and recognition See others as less attractive and aloof Value freedom and self-sufficiency
Value freedom and self-sufficiency
Identify a characteristic of neurotics who have adopted the philosophy of moving toward people. Multiple choice question. Choose to see others as inferior and less attractive Rate themselves according to what they think of themselves Willing to subordinate themselves to others Choose to appear tough or ruthless
Willing to subordinate themselves to others
The neurotic need for _____ includes an overvaluation of love and a dread of being alone or deserted. Multiple choice question. social recognition a powerful partner a weak partner personal admiration
a powerful partner
The neurotic need for _____ includes an overvaluation of love and a dread of being alone or deserted. Multiple choice question. social recognition a powerful partner personal admiration a masochist partner
a powerful partner
Neurotics who submit to other people often do so in order to gain _____. Multiple choice question. affection trust power prestige
affection
Neurotics tend to dread self-assertion, and are quite uncomfortable with the hostility of others as well as the hostile feelings within themselves. This gives rise to their need for _____. Multiple choice question. affection and approval self-worth and confidence power and control recognition and approval
affection and approval
In their quest for _____ and _____, neurotics attempt indiscriminately to please others. Multiple choice question. power; approval affection; approval social recognition; prestige power; prestige
affection; approval
According to Karen Horney, 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
In comparison to neurotics, normal people _____. Multiple choice question. are forced to act irrespective of the situation are mostly or completely conscious of their strategies toward other people are completely unaware of their basic attitude toward other people experience severe and insoluble conflict
are mostly or completely conscious of their strategies toward other people
People with the neurotic need for social recognition or prestige are most likely to _____. Multiple choice question. evaluate others on the basis of how they can be used attract attention to themselves live up to the expectations of others attach themselves to a powerful partner
attract attention to themselves
Many neurotics find associating with others an intolerable strain. As a consequence,they are compulsively driven to move away from people, to attain _____. Multiple choice question. prestige and stature stability and social recognition wealth and comfort autonomy and separateness
autonomy and separateness
According to Karen Horney, repressed hostility leads to profound feelings of insecurity and a vague sense of apprehension. This condition is called _____. Multiple choice question. basic conflict basic introversion basic anxiety basic extraversion
basic anxiety
Karen Horney defined _____ as a feeling of being isolated and helpless in a world conceived as potentially hostile. Multiple choice question. basic introversion basic hostility basic conflict basic anxiety
basic anxiety
Karen Horney believed that neuroses grow out of _____ that usually begins in childhood. Multiple choice question. basic insecurity basic submission basic fear basic conflict
basic conflict
Karen Horney used the term _____ _____ because very young children are driven in all three directions—toward, against, and away from people.
basic conflict
A child develops feelings of _____ if his needs for safety and satisfaction are not satisfied by the parent. Multiple choice question. acceptance basic hostility basic psychosis anxiety
basic hostility
Karen Horney believed that the sum total of _____ experiences brings about a certain character structure, or rather, starts its development. Multiple choice question. old age adolescent childhood middle life
childhood
Karen Horney contended that modern culture is based on Blank______ among individuals. Multiple choice question. concern competition love hostility
competition
The Horney Coolidge Tridimensional Inventory (HCTI) has three subscales reflecting the _____ trends, and has been shown to correlate well with their intuitively related personality disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), demonstrating its construct validity. Multiple choice question. compliant, aggressive, and detached compliant, motivated, and detached motivated, aggressive, and detached compliant, motivated, and aggressive
compliant, aggressive, and detached
Karen Horney's _____ of neurotic personalities provide an excellent framework for understanding unhealthy people. Multiple choice question. complex theory ambiguous theory comprehensive descriptions abridged descriptions
comprehensive descriptions
Karen Horney repeatedly emphasized Blank______ influences as the primary bases for both neurotic and normal personality development. Multiple choice question. genetic parental social cultural
cultural
To feed the neurotic need for ambition and personal achievement, neurotics _____. Multiple choice question. seek constant approval and admiration succumb to their weaknesses defeat other people in order to confirm their superiority remain tied down by day-to-day problems
defeat other people in order to confirm their superiority
Karen Horney's social psychoanalytic theory lacks both verifiability and falsifiability because it _____. Multiple choice question. is relatively complex and ambiguous does not easily yield testable hypotheses does not have the ability to organize knowledge of neurotics focuses on psychologically healthy individuals rather than on neurotic patients
does not easily yield testable hypotheses
When neurotics possess the need to restrict their life within narrow borders, they _____. Multiple choice question. exploit others downgrade their own abilities make demands on others defeat other people in order to confirm their superiority
downgrade their own abilities
According to the categories of neurotic needs identified by Karen Horney, neurotics fear being _____. Multiple choice question. powerful exploited by others loved superior to others
exploited by others
True or false: According to Karen Horney, neurotics have a need to be admired for what they possess rather than for what they are.
false
True or false: Although childhood experiences can have an important effect, especially in normal individuals, later experiences are primarily responsible for personality development.
false
True or false: Michael Robinson and colleagues discovered that for those who are predisposed toward being neurotic, the ability to react adaptively to errors while assessing threat was related to positive childhood experiences.
false
True or false: Neurotics prefer to publicly make mistakes in order to gain sympathy.
false
Karen Horney believed that each person begins life with the potential for healthy development, but like other living organisms, people need _____ for growth. Multiple choice question. permissive environments motivation self-confidence favorable conditions
favorable conditions
Karen Horney hypothesized that a difficult childhood is primarily responsible for neurotic needs. These needs become powerful because they are the child's only means of gaining _____. Multiple choice question. feelings of control feelings of anxiety feelings of safety feelings of relaxation
feelings of safety
Karen Horney believed that the freedom of most people is greatly restricted by _____, _____, and the _____ of others. Multiple choice question. genetics; environmental deficiencies; competitiveness genetics; social position; environmental deficiencies traits; environmental deficiencies; competitiveness genetics; social position; competitiveness
genetics; social position; competitiveness
Karen Horney insisted that during childhood, debilitating experiences such as sexual abuse, beatings, open rejection, or pervasive neglect can almost invariably be tracedto lack of _____. Multiple choice question. genuine warmth and affection self-confidence and affection wealth and luxury warmth and safety
genuine warmth and affection
Neurotics move away from people in order to prove that they can _____. Multiple choice question. be superior to others get along without others hide their weaknesses from others be exploited by others
get along without others
Karen Horney believed that children repress their hostility toward their parents and _____. Multiple choice question. overtly display their rage have no awareness of it are consciously aware of it overtly maintain their distance
have no awareness of it
In their attempts to protect themselves against feelings of _____, compliant people desperately strive for affection and approval of others, or seek a powerful partner who will take responsibility for their lives. Multiple choice question. fear guilt self-doubt helplessness
helplessness
In their attempts to protect themselves against feelings of _____, compliant people desperately strive for affection and approval of others, or seek a powerful partner who will take responsibility for their lives. Multiple choice question. guilt fear helplessness self-doubt
helplessness
Just as compliant people assume that everyone is nice, aggressive people take for granted that everyone is _____. Multiple choice question. hostile ambitious exploitative power-seeking
hostile
A neurotic person frequently evaluates others on the basis of _____. Multiple choice question. how they can be used or exploited how they face day-to-day problems what defeats them physically what makes them admirable
how they can be used or exploited
As neurotics come to believe in the reality of their _____, they begin to incorporate it into all aspects of their lives—their goals, their self-concept, and their relations with others. Multiple choice question. ego self-hatred unconscious idealized self
idealized self
According to Karen Horney, _____ is an attempt to solve conflicts by painting a godlike picture of oneself. Multiple choice question. self-actualization the idealized self-awareness the idealized self-image self-conceptualization
idealized-self image
A parent's _____ is a primary factor that adversely influences the favorable conditions necessary for growth. Multiple choice question. inability to influence a child inability to trust a child inability or unwillingness to instill fear in a child inability or unwillingness to love a child
inability or unwillingness to love a child
The neurotic need to restrict one's life within narrow borders refers to neurotics frequently striving to remain _____. Multiple choice question. overtly friendly powerful inconspicuous calm
inconspicuous
According to Karen Horney, the contradictions that stem from cultural influences provide _____ conflicts that threaten the psychological health of normal people and provide nearly insurmountable obstacles for neurotics. Multiple choice question. interpersonal intrapsychic biochemical interpsychic
intrapsychic
According to Karen Horney, competitiveness and the basic hostility result in feelings of _____. Multiple choice question. anxiety power submissiveness isolation
isolation
In order to solve the basic conflict of _____, some people behave in a detached manner. Multiple choice question. aggressiveness isolation intimacy humiliation
isolation
Early negative influences often impede people's natural tendency toward self-realization, a situation that leaves them with feelings of _____. Multiple choice question. dominance and superiority hostility and avoidance abandonment and inadequacy isolation and inferiority
isolation and inferiority
A true statement about neurotics who have adopted the philosophy of moving toward people is that they are likely to see themselves as _____. Multiple choice question. volatile, ruthless, and tough loving, ruthless, and tough petty, weak, and humble loving, unselfish, and humble
loving, unselfish, and humble
The strength of Karen Horney's theory is her _____. Multiple choice question. lucid portrayal of the neurotic personality nearly exclusive concern with neurotics power to generate research clear picture of self-realization
lucid portrayal of the neurotic personality
The strategy of adopting a neurotic trend of _____ is an expression of needs for privacy, independence, and self-sufficiency. Multiple choice question. basic hostility moving away from people basic submission moving against people
moving away from people
The strategy of adopting a neurotic trend of _____ is an expression of needs for privacy, independence, and self-sufficiency. Multiple choice question. basic submission moving away from people moving against people basic hostility
moving away from people
Karen Horney's concept of _____ refers to a neurotic need to protect oneself against feelings of helplessness. Multiple choice question. moving against people basic motivation basic anxiety moving toward people
moving toward people
Karen Horney held that an Oedipus complex is found only in some people and is an expression of the neurotic _____. Multiple choice question. need for perfection need for power need for commitment need for love
need for love
Karen Horney believed that feelings of being alone in a potentially hostile world lead to intensified _____, which, in turn, cause people to overvalue love. Multiple choice question. anger needs for affection needs for validation introversion
needs for affection
According to Karen Horney, parents often dominate, neglect, overprotect, reject, or overindulge because of their _____ needs. Multiple choice question. neurotic adaptive psychotic sociopathic
neurotic
A second aspect of the idealized image is _____ in which neurotics build a fantasy world—a world that is out of sync with the real world. Multiple choice question. neurotic pride neurotic affection the neurotic search for glory neurotic claims
neurotic claims
The third aspect of an idealized image is _____ _____, a false pride based not on a realistic view of the true self but on a spurious image of the idealized self.
neurotic pride
According to Karen Horney, people can use _____ to solve basic conflict. Multiple choice question. cognitive biases neurotic trends anger defense mechanisms
neurotic trends
Rather than benefiting from the need for love, _____ strive in pathological ways to find it. Multiple choice question. psychotics introverts neurotics extraverts
neurotics
The self-defeating attempts of _____ result in low self-esteem, increased hostility, basic anxiety, more competitiveness, and a continuous excessive need for love and affection. Multiple choice question. narcissists neurotics introverts extraverts
neurotics
In contrast to Sigmund Freud, Karen Horney's view of humanity is a(n) _____ one and is centered on _____ that are amenable to change. Multiple choice question. optimistic; cultural forces causal; anatomical forces teleological; physiological forces pessimistic; behavioral forces
optimistic; cultural forces
The neurotic need for power is usually combined with the needs for _____ and _____ and manifests itself as the need to control others and to avoid feelings of weakness or stupidity. Multiple choice question. self-sufficiency; independence perfection; unassailability prestige; possession ambition; self-worth
prestige; possession
The _____ theory of Karen Horney was built on the assumption that social and cultural conditions, especially childhood experiences, are largely responsible for shaping personality. Multiple choice question. behavioral psychoanalytic social social-cognitive hierarchical
psychoanalytic social
Favorable conditions that include a warm and loving environment for children yet one that is not overly permissive, provide them with feelings of _____ and _____ andpermit them to grow in accordance with their real self. Multiple choice question. happiness; satisfaction safety; happiness happiness; relaxation safety; satisfaction
safety; satisfaction
Neurotics have an inflated _____ that must be continually fed by the admiration and approval of others. Multiple choice question. self-esteem superego ego enthusiasm
self-esteem
Neurotics have an inflated _____ that must be continually fed by the admiration and approval of others. Multiple choice question. superego enthusiasm ego self-esteem
self-esteem
Neurotics strive relentlessly for perfection in order to receive proof of their _____. Multiple choice question. physical and cognitive strength power and prestige self-esteem and personal superiority social recognition and independence
self-esteem and personal superiority
If humans are given an environment of discipline and warmth, they will develop feelings of security and self-confidence and a tendency to move toward _____. Multiple choice question. self-motivation self-acceptance self-determination self-realization
self-realization
A strong need to move away from people indicates the neurotic need for _____. Multiple choice question. self-sufficiency and independence ambition and personal achievement perfection and unassailability prestige and power
self-sufficiency and independence
According to Karen Horney, people who combat basic anxiety by trying to be first or to be important most likely have the neurotic need for _____. Multiple choice question. perfection and unassailability social recognition or prestige affection and approval self-sufficiency and independence
social recognition or prestige
According to Karen Horney, neurotics often have a(n) _____. Multiple choice question. inferiority complex inflated ego strong drive to be the best strong need to remain conspicuous
strong drive to be the best
According to Karen Horney, a protective device that people use against the feeling of being alone in a potentially hostile world in order to gain affection is _____. Multiple choice question. assertiveness submissiveness refraining from being in power refraining from humiliating others
submissiveness
Karen Horney referred to the comprehensive drive toward self-idealization as _____. Multiple choice question. neurotic pride the neurotic tendency to push people away the neurotic search for glory self-hatred
the neurotic search for glory
In the context of the elements of the neurotic search for glory, Karen Horney referred to the need for perfection as _____. Multiple choice question. a central disposition the need for positive regard a cardinal disposition the tyranny of the should
the tyranny of the should
Karen Horney's main quarrel with Sigmund Freud was _____. Multiple choice question. the impact of cultural forces on personality his optimistic view of humanity the validity of his interpretations his focus on the behavioral theory
the validity of his interpretations
Aggressive people move against others by appearing _____. Multiple choice question. complacent and rude nice and friendly tough and ruthless humble and unselfish
though and ruthless
Michael Robinson and his colleagues predicted that the neurotic sensitivity to _____ would serve a purpose in that such people could recognize problems, and presumably avoid them, and that successful avoidance would make them feel better. Multiple choice question. threat pain guilt desire
threat
True or false: According to Karen Horney, one of the ways in which people express self-hatred is self-destructive actions and impulses.
true
