Karen Horney Essays

The prime example of an American tragedy can be found within Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Showcasing a dysfunctional family, the Loman's, and the issues plaguing each of the family members, none of them meet the depressingly low standard of the father, Willy Loman. From an overall drab and tired appearance to the flashbacks that constantly engulf him, Willy Loman stands as the highlight of what a skewed American Dream can do to a person. However, is this the only cause behind Willy Loman's

Karen Horney, maiden name Karen Danielsen, was born on September 16, 1885. Her father, Berndt Wackels Danielsen (1836-1910), was Norwegian but attained German citizenship. Berndt was a ship’s captain in the merchant marine, as well as a Protestant traditionalist. He was known as “the Bible-thrower” for as he did indeed throw Bibles. Karen’s mother, Clotilde (1853-1911), known as “Sonni”, was also a Protestant, but of Dutch origin. Karen had an elder brother named after her father, Berndt. She also

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrists, was interested in which symbols and common myths were able to seep into our thinking on both conscious and subconscious level. Initially working with an Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, in the late 1800s both agreed with the significance of recurring themes in people’s dreams. However, Jung and Freud took different paths with the disagreement of sexuality driving other’s personalities. He wrote The Personal and Collective Unconscious to demonstrates his views

Sigismund Schlomo Freud or more commonly known as Sigmund Freud was born on the 6th of May 1856 and passed away on the 23rd of September 1939. He was an Austrian and was originally a neurologist but is now more famously known as the father of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1881 and mainly carried out research into cerebral palsy, aphasia and microscopic neuro-anatomy at the Vienna General Hospital. In 1885, he completed his habilitation

For my topic in Explorations in History, I choose to visit the Karen Horney site. Which can be found at http://www.karenhorneyclinic.org/. Anyhow, this site describes itself on the homepage. The home page states that The Karen Horney Clinic was founded in 1955 and this site is there honor the memory of Karen Horney. Karen Horney was a MD, and a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis. The Clinic’s current missions are the same as those when it was founded: to offer low-cost psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic

This essay is based on two aspects of personality which are as follows; “psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud” and “neo-analytic theory of Karen Horney”. The first point that this essay focuses on is the definition or the meaning of both theories (psychoanalytic and neo-analytic theory). Secondly, it focuses on the differences between the psychoanalytic theory and neo-analytic theory. As it discusses the difference the following topics are taken into consideration, (a) the basic tenets and assumptions

burly and strong, providing and protecting their family through hard labor. These stereotypes are just the tips of the iceberg in today’s society. From birth, humans are given guidelines to a life defined by their identity. Authors Judith Butler, Karen Horney, and Margaret Mead dive into the gender issues and stereotypes of identity, distrust, and temperament to open the door into a gender-neutral world filled with acceptance, originality, and equality. Philosopher and feminist Judith Butler is a

downplayed throughout the history of psychology. This exercise assisted in educating students on important, female contributors that are often not as celebrated as they should be. The two female psychologists that I read about were Mary Cover Jones and Karen Horney. This was the first time I have heard about these two women and I enjoyed reading their story and learning about what they each contributed to psychology. These women are not well known mainly because a great deal of their achievements seemed to

A Court of Silver Flames is an epic young adult fantasy novel that explores deep human emotions, complex relationships, and societal structures. Psychoanalytic Social Theory, developed by Karen Horney, is used to explain how personality can be shaped by social and cultural conditions, especially in childhood. The two main characters in A Court of Silver Flames, Nesta and Cassian, show very distinct and different personalities based on their childhood and adolescent experiences. Nesta, who is guarded

Kurt Cobain’s song “Rape Me”, composed and first performed live in 1991, has reached 32nd in the UK Singles Chart and received worldwide praise for its purpose to raise awareness on sexism, suggesting that he may be indeed enjoying his song’s success more than his personal life. The lyrics of “Rape Me,” perhaps, might have struck a chord to the youths of 1993. Rolling Stone hit the streets of Aberdeen, Washington State (Kurt’s hometown), asking Kurt’s fans about their response to his song. “I like

How Dr. Claire C. Patterson Won against the tetraethyl lead industry Dr. Claire C. Patterson was a chemist that worked on the Manhattan Project. (20th century geologist page 1) his greatest contribution to all life on earth was the discovery of lead pollution from tetraethyl lead through the air, and later the discovery of the age of the earth. Dr. Patterson was considered a renegade scientist for fighting against Doctor Kehoe, a toxicologist, who supported the oil company. “Patterson was an expert

How Dr. Claire C. Patterson Won against the tetraethyl lead industry Dr. Claire C. Patterson was a chemist that worked on the Manhattan Project. (20th century geologist page 1) his greatest contribution to all life on earth was the discovery of lead pollution from tetraethyl lead through the air, and later the discovery of the age of the earth. Dr. Patterson was considered a renegade scientist for fighting against Doctor Kehoe, a toxicologist, who supported the oil company. “Patterson was an expert

Young. Smart. Activist. Whistleblower. Dead. All of these words can be used to describe one person, Karen Silkwood. Silkwood was a young woman who was very bright, and worked for the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant. When she decided to become an advocate and an informer for better working conditions at her job, it may have cost her, her life. Karen Silkwood’s ill-timed death is a mystery to most, but the main two theories on what happened to her are that she was ran off the road by another car or her

Karen Horney (1885-1952) Karen Danielsen was born on September 16, 1885 near Hamburg, Germany to Clotilde and Berndt Danielsen. Her father was a ship captain, who was very conservative in his outlook, while her mother was a much more liberal. She had a troubled childhood and after a brief spell of over attachment to her mother, she devoted all her energy towards intellectual pursuits. She believed that her father was fonder of her brother Berndt. His reproachful attitude towards her and strictness

Anxiety, according to Karen Horney (1937), is an overreaction to danger or a reaction to an imaginary or unrealistic danger. Anxiety is an emotional response to danger and is often accompanied by physical adverse reactions (Horney 1937). Anxiety in its definition is an emotional experience that elicits a physical and/or emotional reaction out of an individual. Anxiety has been shown to be a facto of neurosis (Horney 1937). Anxiety is linked with fear most of the time (Horney 1937). Anxiety can be

better help me understand people on a daily basis. The first concept I liked to learn about was Horney 's Neo-Freudian Perspective. Karen Horney was a psychologist that took on women 's issues. She was called the fist female psychologist. She said that personality develops because of social relationships and your relationship between parent and child. It depends on if the child 's needs are met. Horney said that "women don 't envy a man 's penis, but they envy their independence, success, and freedom

father. He was a strict disciplinarian who favored her brother. As a desire to overcome her deficiencies in her father’s eyes, Horney worked ruthlessly to be a success in order to gain respect and obtain personal triumph. She further fostered this application in attending medical school, which was frowned upon by her parents. But her need for independence prevailed. Horney mirrored these actions in her marriage, where she allowed her husband to repeat the harsh treatment of her own children by their

The three separate categories that Horney has identified is moving away, towards and against people (Kleinman, 2014). Draco and I are in separate categories, Draco seems to be moving against people and I seem to be moving away from people. Draco ‘moves against others’ which is the neurotic

sign of rejection from his father’s side as he stayed with his mother during their moving around with his mother, while his father is present with another child (Viljoen et al., 2008).This all then falls within the interpersonal styles mentioned by Horney where George portrays a detached type of style where he develops a tendency of dealing with things by withdrawing from taking part in any situation at present “that is his way of handling

Yvette Thompson was born in 1993 on November 12th at Our Lady of Mercy in the Bronx, New York. Her mother was a young twenty-year-old desperate to be on her own and move out of her parents’ home. She accomplished graduating from high school and attending college only for a semester until the death of her oldest brother and sister. Which caused her to have to find a job to help support her family. Her father was a twenty-seven-year-old man establishing himself in the work force. Yvette was the first