EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

Neo-Freudians like Erich Fromm focused on sociocultural personality determinants, downplaying the role of instincts in personality development. One of Fromm’s theories refers to two ways individuals relate to the world-assimilation and socialization-and negative character types that develop from these relational strategies. Which of the following character types is not one of those four?
  1. Productive
  2. Exploitative
  3. Receptive
  4. Marketing
Explanation
Answer: A - Fromm identified four negative character types formed by those two relational strategies: exploitative, receptive, marketing, and hoarding. Productive type is the one positive character type he noted in this discussion.
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