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EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

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Karen Horney, a Neo-Freudian, investigated the effects of poor parenting on children. She referred to a form of anxiety that children feel in response to the knowledge that they are both dependent on and hostile towards one or both parents. What did she call this anxiety?
  1. Acute anxiety
  2. Parental anxiety
  3. Juvenile anxiety
  4. Basic anxiety
Explanation
Answer: D - Basic anxiety is the term Horney used to describe the feeling children have as a result of the conflict between dependence and hostility. She believed that children are tied to their parents mainly by dependence; children who are neglected or mistreated are nevertheless dependent on parents and develop anxiety as a result of that situation.
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