PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Karen Horney, Object Relations Theory, Feminine Psychology
23 Jan 2018
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They view sex as less important than freud. Deviation, less emphasis on unconscious and more on conscious. Less emphasis on instinctural drive and mental life as the source of psychological difficulties, and focuses instead on interpersonal relationships. Interiority and compensation: adler social interest, desire to relate positively and productively with other people. Organ inferiority, someone who felt physically wear as a child will strive to physical strength as an adult. Masculine protest: compensation in response to feelings of inferiority. Familiar terms with adlerian thought: inferiority complex and lifestyle. Colle(cid:272)tive u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious: all people share i(cid:374)(cid:271)or(cid:374) (cid:862)ra(cid:272)ial(cid:863) (cid:373)e(cid:373)ories a(cid:374)d ideas (cid:373)ost of which reside in the unconscious. Another important concept is the anima and animus. The anima is the idea or prototype of the female as held in the mind of a male. The animus is the idealized image of the male as held in the mind of a female. She thought everything freud did was good except penis envy.
