User:TrentJohnson29/sandbox

Hello I am Trent Johnson from Hastings, MN. My main study is psychology and a minor in communications. I find the brain absolutely fascinating and my goal is to find ways to unlock my brains full potential. In regards to the wiki project, I may hope to do something related to new neuroscience breakthroughs or new findings in mental illness.

When looking at the wikipedia page for Neurosis and Human Growth, it talks about Karen Horney's view of what neurosis is related to healthy growing. She focuses much of her findings on the concept of self-realization. The page lacks vital information regarding the information within the book. It provides a general overview but struggles to breakdown the components that lead up to her conclusion. It could use a structure related to the chapters within the book so that we can compare the process to other psychological aspects related to neurosis.

I have two new sources that we could use to improve the wikipedia page:

Pinto, D. G., Maltby, J., Wood, A. M., & Day, L. (2012). A behavioral test of Horney's linkage between authenticity and aggression: People living authentically are less-likely to respong aggressively in unfair situations. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(1), 41-44. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.023

Coolidge, Moor, Yamazaki, Stewart, & Segal. (2001). On the relationship between Karen Horney's tripartite neurotic type theory and personality disorder features.Personality and Individual Differences, 30(8), 1387-1400

Questions: 1) would it be essential to provide a little bit of background information on the author or would that be related to her own wikipedia page? 2) do we need to talk about what neurosis is to others or just what it is explained as in the book? Baileergass (talk) 00:38, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Assignment 5
To Do: Get the book from the library get a feel for the chapters, what are the main topics, begin to think about formatting our page, how do we want the information to flow, what is the main point we want our audience to know about the book and its importance?Start to divide up who is going to write what section.
 * Read the book!!! Or at least skim through it. However, the book review you've found will be helpful.J.R. Council (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Outline: a. The Book and description b. Talk about the author, why did she write this book, what is her relationship with the topic, why is she a reliable source? c. Main points and topics she presents in the book, a synthesis of information d. What questions does she present? - Has it lead to future research? e. Did people other scientist find the work useful? Is the subject applicable?

References: Here is a review we could pull information from- Ellis, A. (1951). Review of Neurosis and Human Growth. Psychological Bulletin, 48(6), 542-544. doi:10.1037/h004994 I believe the book will be our best resource on this one. TrentJohnson29 (talk) 17:13, 21 March 2018 (UTC)Trent Johnson

Dr. Council's comments on Assignment 5

 * This is a good start, but I can only find contributions from Trent. He can't do the last part of the assignment (taking responsibilty) if he doesn't know what Bailey and Bailee are doing.
 * Bailey and Bailee! Don't blow off assignments for the Wikipedia project. The points add up. To make up the missing points, please do the work for this, even if it's late.J.R. Council (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Lead Section: Assignment 7 Trent Johnson
TrentJohnson29 (talk) 16:46, 27 March 2018 (UTC)Trent Johnson Baileergass (talk) 14:37, 7 May 2018 (UTC) bailey.r.nelson
 * For the first section of the article, I believe we should have background on Karen Horney. Karen was a protege of Sigmund Freud, and was one of the most influential psychoanalytical thinker. She held a Freudian perspective on psychology. Karen was the associate director for the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago, she also founded the "American Journal of Psychoanalysis".
 * Moving onto the next section will transition into the main points covered in the book. Karen had an idea that one's energies are all put into the realization of self potential, each person is growing towards self realization. For a human to develop properly, one needs warmth, comfort and love from their parents or guardians. This allows the person to feel inner security, and comfort to feel secure about their feelings and have a place to express themselves without judgement. If a child is not given the proper love and care, the child will begin to feel as though he/she may not belong to their own family, they will begin to feel natural insecurity and the anxiety of not being comfortable, holding the opinion of being judged. This may cause the child to grow up feeling insecure, not confident, aggressive, defensive, anxious, and/or depressed. This may lead to isolation, the individual does not know where they belong or what to stand for. To fill in for the emptiness felt the person begins to develop this "ideal" image of self. They begin to strive for glory or the search of self perfection, they start to believe this imagined ideal self is attainable. This may lead individuals to strive for massive amounts of external success, material wealth, social class, states of power. Having a drive to reach absolute perfection. The individual will begin to have neurotic claims, the person begins to think the world is crazy and the world is going mad, instead of holding a mental dissonance, one does not want to believe they are mentally unstable, defensiveness has filled in for their confidence.
 * This overtime will turn into self hate. Six expressions of self hate:
 * 1) Relentless demands of self
 * 2) Merciless self accusation
 * 3) Self-Contempt
 * 4) Self-Frustration
 * 5) Self-Tormenting
 * 6) Self-Destruction
 * They begin to alienate themselves from their real self. The neurotic may begin to think that the solution is the appeal of mastery. Which can lead into three expansive types:
 * 1) The Narcissistic
 * 2) The Perfectionist
 * 3) The Arrogant Vindictive

Dr. Council's comments on Assignment 7

 * First of all, this is not nearly ready for prime-time. It reads more like plans for a lead section than a lead itself. You really need to review the instructions on writing a lead. See Bb Assignment 6 for links.
 * Second, it is too long. Much of the material on the book in the second section can be moved to the main text of the article. This includes the bulleted lists.
 * Write this in proper paragraph form, not bulleted blocks of text.
 * The statement about Karen Horney a the beginning is on the right track, but you need to use the proper Wikipedia form for biographies. Start with her name in bold, followed by dates of birth and death in parentheses. J.R. Council (talk) 22:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Not ready yet. J.R. Council (talk) 22:01, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Dr. Council's latest comments
Time to get moving if you want full credit for this assignment. In addition to making the edits on the lead, please start drafting out the main text of the article. You can certainly use information edited out of the lead in the main body. J.R. Council (talk) 19:27, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Group Lead Section Karen Horney (16 September 1885 – 4 December 1952) was an extremely influential psychoanalyst who adhered to a Neo-Freudian perspective of psychology. Her study of psychoanalysis began when she attended medical school at the Universities of Freiburg, Göttingen and Berlin. Later in her career, she founded the “American Journal of Psychoanalysis”. She is recognized mostly for her influence on feminine psychology and her theory of neurosis. Horney’s theory of neurosis focuses on different human needs and the ways we resolve the anxiety that comes when those basic needs fail to be met. This theory lays the foundation for Horney’s book Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization.

Assignment #6: Bailee Gass

Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization is a book based on what would happen if a child lost touch with their real self through their lack in spontaneity. Karen suggests that a reactive self will develop in which the child will portray compulsivity and anxiety. This development and its consequences for the adult personality are what Horney calls neurosis.

Horney devotes thirteen chapters to an analysis of the neurotic development in all its differences and the various forms it can take as a person grows into adulthood, one chapter to the process of overcoming neurosis in therapy, and one chapter to how her theory compares and contrasts with classical psychoanalytic theory.Baileergass (talk) 20:08, 29 April 2018 (UTC) Bailee Gass

Comments - 4/25: This is still far from being complete and acceptable for publication in the Wikipedia main space. Please keep working on the main body of the article. Even if it is not published, you can earn a higher score for this assignment.

'IMPORTANT! Sign your work so I know who is contributing.' J.R. Council (talk) 16:58, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Assignment 5 Catch up:

To DO: 1) read through the book to familiarize ourselves with the content. 2) Start thinking about aspects that will contribute to a good lead section which will help us to get a good start on the article. 3)Examine the current wiki page on our topic to determine what information we can bring in that will add substance to the already existing page, as well as determining what information to keep that will help the article be complete.

OUTLINE: We will begin with a lead section containing a hyperlink to the wiki page on Karen Horney's background. In the lead section we will introduce the book (keeping in mind what we may keep from the already existing page). We will continue on with a breakdown of the main points/findings from the book and elaborate more on what the theory of neurosis is. We will conclude with an overall review of the book/challenge any ideas or information that might spark new conversation/thoughts.

REFERENCES: I will read through the book review that Trent found, however I think the actual book itself is going to be our most helpful reference considering that is what the article is directly about. Bailey.r.nelson (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2018 (UTC)bailey.r.nelson

Note to Group 8
I am giving you a grade of 0 for now, but you can make up points if and when you do something for this assignment.

J.R. Council (talk) 20:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Assignment 5: Bailee Gass

To Do: 1) we will need to read through the book and book review trent provided to gain information about the book. 2) start developing an outline for our article. 3) look at the existing article and determine what we can contribute and keep from the information already presented 4) develop the main article for your review Baileergass (talk) 20:10, 29 April 2018 (UTC)Bailee Gass

Outline: 1) lead section: overview of the book 2) About the book and history of it 3) Main points and topics about the book 4) future research 5) applications of the book in today's society Baileergass (talk) 20:06, 29 April 2018 (UTC)Bailee Gass

References: The book would be our best reference along with the book review Trent provided above. Baileergass (talk) 20:10, 29 April 2018 (UTC)Bailee Gass

Lead Section

Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization is the most important work of German-American psychoanalyst Karen Horney. In it she outlines her theory of neurosis.

In Horney's view, the key difference between neurosis and healthy growth is the difference between compulsive actions fueled by anxiety and spontaneous actions fueled by one's full range of emotions. If a person grows up able to maintain his or her spontaneity, that person grows up by a process which Horney calls self-realization. Horney describes self-realization as the development of a person's given potentialities, and compares it with the process of an acorn growing, given fertile soil, into a tree.

The principal subject of the book, however, is what happens when a person's spontaneity is crushed in early life. The person will slowly lose touch with that spontaneity or "real self", and develop, instead, a reactive self which is constructed to respond to dangers of various kinds. If a child's early environment is such that the child grows up seeing the world as basically hostile, compulsive actions will predominate and the child will grow up devoted to allaying anxiety. This development and its consequences for the adult personality are what Horney calls neurosis.

Horney devotes thirteen chapters to an analysis of the neurotic development in all its nuances and the various forms it can take as a person grows into adulthood, one chapter to the process of overcoming neurosis in therapy, and one chapter to how her theory compares and contrasts with classical psychoanalytic theory. Baileergass (talk) 02:03, 1 May 2018 (UTC)Bailee Gass

Karen Horney (September 16, 1885-December 4, 1952) Karen was a protégé of Sigmund Freud, and was one of the most influential psychoanalytical thinker. She held a Freudian perspective on psychology. Her ideas were a product of her various clinical experience. Karen was the associate director for the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago, she also founded the "American Journal of Psychoanalysis".

Biography

Early Life

Karen Horney was born in Blankenese, Germany. She went on to medical school and developed an interest in psychoanalysis. She received her medical degree in 1911. She married a lawyer by the name of Oscar Horney. They divorced after nearly 20 years of marriage. In the early 1930’s Horney moved to the United States. Karen was now the associate director for the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago.

Major Publication Neurosis and Human Growth

Karen had an idea that one's energies are all put into the realization of self-potential, each person is growing towards self-realization. For a human to develop properly, one needs warmth, comfort and love from their parents or guardians. TrentJohnson29 (talk) 23:51, 1 May 2018 (UTC)Trent

Latest comments from Dr. Council

 * 1) I'm sorry, but I don't see where you've done any more work on this article.
 * 2) It's not complete enough to send to Ian for his comments.
 * 3) I'll certainly give you credit for what you've done, so keep working on it. However, I don't think you have enough time left to get this in shape for publication.

J.R. Council (talk) 22:28, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Neurosis and Human Growth

Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization is the most important work of German Psychoanalyst Karen Horney. In it she outlines her detailed theory of neurosis.

In Horney's view, the key difference between neurosis and healthy growth is the difference between compulsive actions fueled by anxiety and spontaneous actions fueled by one's full range of emotions. If a person grows up able to maintain his or her spontaneity, that person grows up by a process which Horney calls self-realization. Horney describes self-realization as the development of a person's given potentialities, and compares it with the process of an acorn growing, given fertile soil, into a tree.

The principal subject of the book, however, is what happens when a person's spontaneity is crushed in early life. The person will slowly lose touch with that spontaneity or "real self", and develop, instead, a reactive self which is constructed to respond to dangers of various kinds. If a child's early environment is such that the child grows up seeing the world as basically hostile, compulsive actions will predominate and the child will grow up devoted to allaying anxiety. This development and its consequences for the adult personality are what Horney calls neurosis.

Horney devotes thirteen chapters to an analysis of the neurotic development in all its nuances and the various forms it can take as a person grows into adulthood, one chapter to the process of overcoming neurosis in therapy, and one chapter to how her theory compares and contrasts with classical psychoanalytic theory.

Inception of Horney's Theory of Neurosis

Unlike previous theories of neurosis, Horney's theory of neurosis is still prevalent today. She believed that neuroses could be explained by one's cultural environment whereas Freud believed them to be explained by biological factors. Her theory focuses on neurosis being a coping mechanism for everyday life. In order to understand Karen Horney's Theory of Neurosis, you must know the Theory of Neurotic Needs. The Theory of Neurosis introduces strategies for coping with anxiety and if these strategies are overused they become needs that will affect human growth. These needs include:

1. Need for Affection and Approval

This includes the need to be liked and to meet people's expectations without failure. This can cause one to be sensitive to criticism and the fear of angering others.

2. Need for a partner who will take over one's life

This includes the need for a partner in order for life's problems to disappear. One will focus much of their time on love and on their partner. This can cause dependency and a fear of abandonment in one's life.

3. Need to restrict one's life with narrow borders

This includes the need to be unnoticed and live with little. This often causes one to put themselves second while failing to recognize their talents and successes.

4. Need for power

This includes the need to have power and dominate others, which will lead to fear of personal limitations and helplessness.

5. Need to exploit others

This includes those that view others only in a way that will be beneficial to themselves. They pride themselves in their ability to benefit from others and often manipulate other to receive what they want. 6. Need for prestige

This includes those that value themselves based on public recognition. Their accomplishments and characteristics are based around their prestige value. These people often fear public embarrassment and a decline in social status.

7. Need for personal admiration

This includes those that have an exaggerated self-perception and want to be admired by their imagined view of themselves. These people are often narcissistic.

8. Need for personal achievement

This includes those that push to achieve bigger and better things because of their insecurity. These people fear failure and strive to be better than their former self and others.

9. Need for self-sufficiency and Independence

This includes those that strive to be alone and distance themselves from each other. They often avoid dependency creating a mentality of loneliness.

10. Need for perfection and unassailability

This includes those that strive for perfection and can never be wrong. These people often search for their own flaws in order to cover them up before others notice.

Once Karen Horney explained what happens when the coping mechanisms of neurosis are overused she then explained how the mechanisms can be beneficial for human growth and success.

Summary of Chapters

Chapter One - The Search For Glory

Chapter one outlines the idea behind what leads an individual to become neurotic in their search for self-perfection. The basic idea is that for a human to develop properly, one needs warmth, comfort and love from their parents or guardians. This allows the person to feel inner security, and comfort to feel secure about their feelings and have a place to express themselves without judgment. If a child is not given the proper love and care, the child will begin to feel as though he/she may not belong to his/her own family, they will begin to feel natural insecurity and the anxiety of not being comfortable, holding the opinion of being judged. The combination of a lack of belonging and feelings of anxiety lead an individual on search of god-like perfection in regards to their “real self”, and neurosis starts to begin.

Chapter Two - Neurotic Claims

Chapter two focuses on the claims that the theory of neurosis presents. This chapter explains the distinction between a neurotic individual’s “two worlds”: his/her secret, private life and his official life. While the individual may feel highly gifted, or aspire to be, they are still bound my human limitations. Horney gives examples of these limitations such as “an hour is still but sixty minutes, he/she must wait in line (regardless of who they are)”, and the taxi driver or boss may treat them like any other mortal”. Neurotic individuals tend to feel extremely entitled, and when their expectations aren’t met, a battle between their “two worlds” ensues.

Chapter Three- The Tyranny of the Should

Chapter three explains how our inner selves dictate what we should be capable of doing, feeling, and knowing. A neurotic individual feels like he/she should be perfect in every aspect of life and frustration sets in when they’re unable to achieve that. The constant strive for what should be and what actually is is mediated through self-actualization.

Chapter Four- Neurotic Pride

This chapter focuses on a neurotic individual’s elated sense of pride. A neurotic’s pride consumes them and is fueled by their two most desperate needs: self-confidence and self-respect. To many individuals, self-confidence and self-respect seem to be qualities that an individual is born with and are highly desirable. A neurotic, however, believes these are qualities that can be achieved and become overly consumed with achieving them.

Chapters Five and Six- Self-Hate and Self-Contempt, and Alienation From Self

Chapter five explains how when a neurotic individual strives for self-perfection, their idea of perfection is generally unrealistic and unattainable. When they compare themselves to the unrealistic sense of perfection they begin to despise themselves, leading them to develop self-hate and self-contempt. The chapter proposes the idea that there are six expressions of self hate:

1. Relentless demands of self

2. Merciless self accusation

3. Self-Contempt

4. Self-Frustration

5. Self-Tormenting

6. Self-Destruction

This self-hate begins to alienate themselves from their “real” self. The neurotic may begin to think that the solution is the appeal of mastery. Which can lead into three expansive types of neurotic individuals:

1. The Narcissistic

2. The Perfectionist

3. The Arrogant Vindictive

Chapter Seven- General Measures to Relieve Tension

Chapter seven explains the neurotic’s attempt to cope with the tension that arises from discrepancies between their real and ideal selves. Such attempts consist of psychic fragmentation, externalization of inner experiences, and alienation from self. Each of these measures arises from a need of complete control, and a neurotic begins to put all of their energy into achieving control.

Chapters Eight and Nine- The Expansive Solutions: The Appeal of Mastery, and The Self-Effacing Solution: The Appeal of Love

These chapters focus on a neurotic’s solutions to his/her inner conflicts, which are driven by the appeals of mastery and love.

Chapter Ten- Morbid Dependency

Chapter ten discusses a neurotic individual’s dependency on other individuals that he/she perceives to be as perfect, strong, and superior as him/her. When they engage in relationships with individuals similar to them, they become dependent to a point where it starts to adversely affect them. Because of the perceived similarity between the neurotic and his/her partner, they begin to believe they share similar faults- which leads them back toward a downward spiral of self-hate and self-alienation and explains why the dependency is considered to be morbid.

Chapters Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen- Neurotic Disturbances in Human Relationships and Work

These three chapters focus on a neurotic’s disturbances in their lives when it comes to their relationships and to their careers. In terms of relationships, the need to be superior to all of those around us negatively affects our relationships. In terms of work, different pressures are explained that a neurotic faces in the strive to be the best in their career. These disturbances are among the other many conflicts previously summarized throughout the novel that prevent a neurotic from reaching their ideal self.

Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen- The Road of Psychoanalytic Therapy and Theoretical Considerations

Chapters fourteen and fifteen are the concluding chapters to Horney’s novel. They explain the effectiveness of psychoanalytic therapy for an individual whom is considered to be neurotic, as well as what to consider about the theory of neurosis moving forward.

Baileergass (talk) 14:35, 7 May 2018 (UTC) Bailey.r.nelson (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2018 (UTC)bailey.r.nelson