Helplessness, fear, and hostility create what Horney called _____

a. basic negativism
c. cognitive complexity
b. basic anxiety
d. conditions of worth


ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Horney defined basic anxiety as an "insidiously increasing, all-pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world" (Horney, 1937, p. 89). It is the foundation on which all later neuroses develop, and it is inseparably tied to feelings of hostility, helplessness, and fear (see Hjertass, 2009).

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