1. Give real or made-up examples of Horney\'s Self-Protective mechanisms, moving
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1. Give real or made-up examples of Horney's Self-Protective mechanisms, moving away from people, moving against, and moving toward people.
2. Considering childhood, Horney believed a mother's affection and love is key to a child's feeling of security. Give a real-life or made-up example of a child who may experience the truama of the loss of a parent through divorce or death which may effect the child, according to Horney's theory concerning childhood.
3. Horney believed that neurotic people form a construct of perceiving themselves as the idealized Self. Give a real-life or made-up example of this form of neurotic need.
4. Name a famous person, living or deceased, whom you believe fits Murray's criteria for the following complexes. When you have named a person, then explain and justify why you chose this person. a. oral succorance complex b. oral aggression complex c. oral rejection complex d. anal rejection complex e. anal retention complex
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Karen Horney, developed a theory to understand how individuals indulge in self-protective mechanisms to be able to deal with basic anxiety, which stems from their childhood experiences. Horney classified them under three groups;
Moving away from people: Jane is constantly is looking for a dominant personality in her life. She always had friends who took control of her life and eventually married a man who took charge of her life. However, she was manipulative and got her way every single time. This never bothered her husband because she was a 'compliant personality'. She would to anything to please her husband. She would repress her thoughts and feelings. She was never assertive or demanding. Her center of need was to be accepted by everyone. This works on the principle that 'Look, I am so weak and helpless, so love me'.
Moving against people: Sarah is a tough woman. She did not show any regard towards others. She is very dominating and has absolutely no concerns about appeasing others. She would instead argue, criticize and belittle others. Her actions stemmed from the same insecurity and fear as Jane's, however, she never displayed fear or rejection instead claimed to be very tough and not bothered by whatever anybody says about her. In reality it did bother her. It ate up majority part of her mind. But, pretending to be strong was her self-protective mechanism.
Moving away from people: Chris liked to physically keep away from people. He is a 'detached' personality. He likes spending time with himself. He avoids meeting anybody at all. He likes his space. Since he does not exercise his emotions much, he focuses on logical reasoning and intelligence.
According to Horney, basic anxiety develops from childhood experiences. It majorly stems from the relationship that a child shares with his/her parent. Love and affection from a mother or father is of utmost importance. Not having received the wanted love from parents makes a child insecure and anxious. Judy is very insecure, she is always found searching for love. She wants to be loved by just anybody. Her mother passed away when Judy was 2. She grew up with an alcoholic father who passed away when she was 12. She never got that love from her parents which affected her in a way where she is always on the go to find somebody who would exhibit love to her in any form.
Benjamin seemed like a very confident person and thought very high of himself. He always considered himself to be perfect. However, in reality, Benjamin had a very rough childhood where he did not experience any security within his family. He was always afraid and anxious. In order to counter attack his feelings, he fantasized and began believing that he is very secure and anything but afraid. He constructed an idealized self image of himself which was far from reality. This image developed due to his neurotic need.
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