Question

8 Duration: 35 mins. Write legibly & clearly 1. Briefly discuss Horney's concepts of basic hostility and basic anxiety 4) 2. List 5 of Homey's categories of neurotic needs 3. Describe Horney's three neurotic trends 4. List 5 five of Horney's modes of expression for self-hatred. Write about the importance the ego in Erikson's theory

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Basic Anxiety refers to the high level of insecurity and greatly developed in children due to their parent's behaviour and the way they treated them. It may cause due to the conflict between hostility and dependency on parents.

Basic hostility refers to the basic bad behaviour formed due to basic evil. In it, the child is mistreated and became hostile to his parents but the child does not do anything due to dependency on his parents.

Some children become hostile due to mistreated behaviour and show aggressive behaviour.

3.

Horney's three neurotic trends are given below:

1. Compliance

2. Aggression

3. Detachment

4.

Mode of expression self-hatred are:

• high demands on the self

• high accusations on self-contempt on self

• Frustration on self

• Torment on self

• Destructive action on self.

5.

According to the Erikson, ego is very important and the main driving factor of individual’s personality development. The main purpose of the ego is to create and maintain the identity.