... Freud's view that the parental role facilitated children through psychosexual stages of development, instead she espoused a view that positive parenting was needed to facilitate the development of the child's 'real self' by nurturing a feeling of belonging in the child. (Horney, 1950). To Horney, socialisation was vital for personality development given that we are a social species. The Oedipus ... vital role in shaping their children's personalities, he conceived of the relationship between mother and child in biological and ethological terms. In doing so he too rejected Freud's psy...

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