PSY 505 Lecture 5: 5. Neurotic Needs and Trends
17 May 2016
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To horney, people are not motivated by sexual or aggressive forces, but by the needs for security and love. Safety needs: a higher-level need for security and freedom from fear. A lack of love in childhood fosters anxiety and hostility. Social forces in childhood, not biological forces, influence personality development. The social relationship between the child and his/her parents is the key factor. Horney believed a child could withstand much that is usually considered traumatic as long as they feel wanted and loved, and are therefore, secure. When a child"s security is undermined, this can induce hostility. If children are kept in an excessively dependent state, then their feelings of helplessness will be encouraged, this can lead to neurotic behaviour. The more frightened children become, the more they will repress their hostility because they are afraid of the parent. Repressed hostility is manifested in the condition horney called basic anxiety.
