According to Horney, adults who were neglected or isolated in a hostile environment as children experience helplessness and insecurity as adults, which she called _____.

A. learned helplessness
B. an inferiority complex
C. a neurosis
D. basic anxiety


Answer: D. basic anxiety

Psychology

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