PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Karen Horney, Exhibitionism
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Hypercompetitiveness: a major form of neurotic competitiveness: according to horney, Hypercompetitiveness : is and indiscriminate need to compete and win and to avoid losing at any cost as a means of maintaining or enhancing one"s feelings of self-worth. It also includes feeling and thoughts of manipulation, aggressiveness, exploitation, and derogation of others across a myriad of situations: such exaggerated competitive attitude was a central feature of. American culture & had a highly detrimental impact on the individual dual"s development and functioning: hc individuals have typically grown up in families where they were verbally.
