Q 01/05

Which object did Karen Horney's strict father hurl so often that his children nicknamed him for it?

A) A boot

B) A Bible

C) A hymn book

D) A walking stick

Answer · why

B) A Bible

A Bible was his missile of choice, so the children called Berndt Danielsen 'the Bible-thrower'. A Protestant traditionalist, he still brought his daug...

Q 02/05

Karen Horney wanted to win so badly at which pastime that friends sometimes caught her cheating?

A) Chess

B) Backgammon

C) Charades

D) Card games

Answer · why

D) Card games

Card games brought out her fiercest competitive streak. When caught cheating she would laugh, freely admit it, and say her opponents should have stopp...

Q 03/05

Historian Robert C. Tucker used Karen Horney's theory of neurosis to explain which Soviet leader?

A) Joseph Stalin

B) Vladimir Lenin

C) Leon Trotsky

D) Nikita Khrushchev

Answer · why

A) Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin, Tucker argued, was a neurotic of exactly the kind she described. The idea came to him while he was serving on the staff of the American...

Q 04/05

Bill W., who said Karen Horney's insights had helped him, co-founded which worldwide fellowship?

A) The Samaritans

B) Weight Watchers

C) Alcoholics Anonymous

D) Toastmasters International

Answer · why

C) Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. wrote of his admiration for her in a letter that went on to imagine a 'Neurotics Anonymous', a fellowship that...

Q 05/05

Which idea did Karen Horney introduce to turn Freud's theory about women back on men?

A) Birth trauma

B) Womb envy

C) Father fixation

D) Sibling rivalry

Answer · why

B) Womb envy

Womb envy, she argued, drives men to claim superiority in other fields because they cannot create and sustain life.