Theorist:
Karen Horney
Focus: explored
cultural and social influences on personality using two approaches: her views
on neurosis, and also what she called the “feminine psychology.”
Strengths:
offers a wide variety of factors that help contribute to the development of
personality.
Weaknesses:
is geared towards women, and is harsher in the description of men’s
personalities.
Personal
Example: My sister is a
stay-at-home to two beautiful girls. Her husband owns his own business and is
always out working at all hours of the day and night. As a result, she is
generally left home alone with her daughters all day and night. She very rarely
sees any of her friends, and because of this, she has lost a lot of them over
the years. The only time that I ever see her is if I make the trip out to her
house because she doesn’t want to bring the girls out by herself. While she has
a lot of the material possessions that she desires, she doesn’t have the social
interactions that she desperately needs to have. She keeps to herself, and
because of this she has driven her closest friends away with her behavior.
