What nationality was Karen Horney originally?
French
American
German
Russian
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Karen Horney was originally German, born in 1885 in Hamburg, Germany. She studied medicine at the University of Berlin and became a practicing psychoanalyst. Horney's theories focused on the importance of social and cultural factors in shaping personality and mental health. She is considered one of the founders of the neo-Freudian school of psychoanalysis.
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