1. Fromm's position is most similar to that of _______.

2. Fromm believed that personality is influenced primarily by __________.

3. According to Fromm, personality is shaped primarily by _________.

4. What aspect of Erich Fromm's life might explain his need to understand the relationship between the individual and society?

5. What person or event greatly influenced Fromm?

6. Fromm's theory was shaped initially along _______ lines

7. Fromm became critical of Freud's

8. For Fromm, the basic human dilemma is the conflict between _______.

9. According to Fromm, the what is the relationship between freedom and security?

10. Fromm believed that the fundamental distinction between animal nature and human nature was that humans are free of

11. Fromm believed that because of our evolution from the lower animals our relation to nature has changed. How?

12. Primitive peoples obtained security by _________.

13. The historical struggle for freedom and independence can be called ____.

14. The Middle Ages were a time of personal security and belonging because ___________.

15. According to Fromm, the last era of stability, security, and belonging was the _________.

16. Insecurity and alienation characterize contemporary American culture because ________.

17. What are Fromm's three psychic mechanisms for escaping from freedom and regaining security?

18. What characterizes persons described as masochistic?

19. Attempting to escape loneliness and insecurity by becoming part of someone else is called ________.

20. The escape mechanism in which a person tries to be just like everyone else is ______.

21. The escape mechanism of automaton conformity involves ______.

22. What is involved in human development from childhood to maturity?

23. When a child remains dependent on parents, the escape mechanism involved is _________.

24. Which escape mechanism offers a child the greatest chance to develop the self?

25. Historians say Fromm painted an oversimplified picture of which historical period?

26. On what points did Fromm agree with Freud?

27. Who experiences the drive to escape loneliness?

28. What is the essential characteristic of what Fromm called productive love?

29. What is the ideal way to satisfy the relatedness need?

30. Which of Fromm's character types are nonproductive; which one is productive?

31. What are the forms of productive love?

32. Which need arises from the loss of our primary ties with nature?

33. According to Fromm, narcissism develops from a failure to satisfy which need?

34. Fromm thought that conformity was an unhealthy way to achieve _______.

35. What does Fromm say about the need for excitation and stimulation?

36. What influences the way we satisfy our psychological needs?

37. What characterizes a person with the receptive orientation?

38. Fromm's _______ orientation is similar to Freud's anal retentive personality type

39. Fromm's _______ orientation is similar to Freud's oral incorporative type and Horney's compliant type

40. Countries dominated by the Protestant Ethic in the 18th and 19th centuries were characterized by the _______ orientation

41. Fromm's _______ orientation is similar to Freud's oral aggressive type

42. What characterizes the productive orientation?

43. What characterizes the necrophilous character type?

44. If you are in the market for a spouse, search for a _______ character type.

45. The biophilous orientation is similar to what character type?

46. Is Fromm's image of human nature basically optimistic or pessimistic?

47. What characterizes Fromm's image of human nature?

48. What does Fromm believe about the tendency to realize our potential?

49. What was Fromm's idea of the ideal society?

50. What assessment techniques did Fromm use?

51. What did Fromm believe about the verification of case studies?

52. Fromm's observations of social character in a Mexican village support the _______ character type

53. Not surprisingly, Fromm failed to find the _______ character type in the isolated Mexican village he studied

54. What has been found about the self orientation?

55. What does research indicate about the necrophilous character type?

56. What is the greatest weakness of Fromm's theory of personality?

57. What are the criticisms of Fromm?