Describe the three techniques that Karen Horney developed for coping with anxiety, and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Horney developed a model of personality that focuses on coping with anxiety using one of three techniques:
1. Moving toward, or connecting with others as a way of reducing anxiety. Someone who is anxious about her or his social skills might join a weekly reading group as a way of reducing social anxiety.
2. Moving against, or exploitativeness and aggressiveness to gain control in a competitive world. A businessperson fearful of losing her or his management position might actively sabotage other managers in key positions as a way of maintaining control.
3. Moving away, or trying to find peace by avoiding others and escaping conflict. A person might decide that the anxieties of the world are too many to deal with directly and therefore "resign" from life by living simply in a cabin in the woods.
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A. It has been clearly shown that animals cannot use humanlike language. B. All animal communication is instinctual and, thus, is not language. C. Only primates, such as monkeys and chimps, show any sign of language-like behavior. D. It is still unclear if animals can show humanlike language at any level of development.
Informal rules that define expected and appropriate actions in specific situations are called
social a. heuristics. b. norms. c. expectancies. d. mores. e. laws.
The following factors impact an individual's ability to effectively deal with stress
A) Hardiness, optimism, and spirituality B) Optimism, rumination, and control C) Hardiness, commitment, and avoidance D) Rumination, avoidance, and obsession
The most recent revision of Albert Bandura's theory places such strong emphasis on how children think about themselves and other people that he calls it a(n) __________ rather than a(n) __________ approach
A) observational learning; social-cognitive B) social-cognitive; social learning C) social learning; social-cognitive D) social learning; observational learning