List the 10 neurotic needs identified by Horney, and classify them on the four ways in which an individual protects himself or herself against basic anxiety

What will be an ideal response?

ANS: Horney listed 10 needs that she termed neurotic needs because they are irrational solutions to one's problems. The 10 neurotic needs are as follows:
1. Affection and approval
2. A dominant partner
3. Power
4. Exploitation
5. Prestige
6. Admiration
7. Achievement or ambition
8. Self-sufficiency
9. Perfection
10. Narrow limits to life

The neurotic needs encompass the four ways of protecting ourselves against anxiety.

• Gaining affection is expressed in the neurotic need for affection and approval.


• Being submissive includes the neurotic need for a dominant partner.


• Attaining power relates to the needs for power, exploitation, prestige, admiration, and achievement or ambition.


• Withdrawing includes the needs for self-sufficiency, perfection, and narrow limits to life.