Adler Flashcards
each person is an integrated whole, striving to attain future goals and attempting to find meaning in life while working harmoniously with others
individual psychology
feeling of oneness with all humankind
social interest
believed to be people’s main motivator
social influences
who are largely responsible for who people are?
themselves
acc to adler, present behavior is shaped by?
people’s view of the future
6 main tenets of individual psychology
- striving for success or superiority as one dynamic force behind people’s behavior
- subjective perceptions shape behaviors and personality
- personality is unified and self-consistent
- social interest embody the value of all human activity
- style of life shows the self-consistent personality
- creative power results to the style of life
why do people try to compensate when they strive for superiority or success
feelings of inferiority or weakness
innate, but its nature and direction are due both to feelings of inferiority and to the goal of superiority
striving force
without the innate movement toward perfection, children would __________
never feel inferior
without feelings of inferiority, children would _________
never set a goal of superiority or success
provides guidelines for motivation, shaping psychological development and giving it an aim
goal
individualized concept and all people formulate their own definition of it
success
fictional future goal which a person aspires or the “guiding self-ideal”
fictional finalism
fictional finalism is also called
self-prophecy
provide present motivation for reaching future goals
physical inferiorities
disturbance of one part of the body cannot be viewed in isolation, it affects the entire person
organ dialect
there is no dichotomy between _____
conscious and unconscious
acc to adler ______ is helpful, while ______ is unhelpful
- conscious
- unconscious
gauge to be used in judging the worth of a person
social interest
engage in things that doesn’t receive responsibility and demands
avoiding type
types of a person
- ruling-dominant type
- getting-learning type
- avoiding type
- socially useful type
very influential, manipulative, always wants to be acknowledged when they do something right
ruling-dominant type
goal, self-concept, feelings for others, and attitude toward the world
style of life
thinks of others
socially useful type
style of life is the _____ of a person’s life
flavor
style of life is crystallized by age?
4 or 5
style of life
- compensating / overcompensating
- pampered
- neglected
places people in control of their lives
creative power or creative self
creative power is responsible for people’s _______
final goal
according to the ______, you will continue to feel pain if you will not accept the harsh realities of life
law of the low doorway
3 entrance gates to mental life
- birth order / family constellation
- first memories / early recollections
- dream analysis
it is the sibship structure
birth order
main factor in birth order
parents / parenting style
birth order includes;
- first born
- second born
- youngest child
- only child
extremely ambitious; constantly attempting to catch up and surpass the older sibling
second born
never dethroned but experiences shock when he learns that he cannot remain the center of attention in other circumstances
only child
usually spoiled and can never be independent
youngest
focus of attention until the next child is born and he is ‘dethroned’
first born
easily loses courage to succeed by his own effort
youngest
- nurturing and protective of others
- good organizer
first born
realistically ambitious
youngest child
- highly motivated
- cooperative
second child
socially mature
only child
- exaggerated feelings of superiority
- low feelings of cooperation
- inflated sense of self
- pampered style of life
only child
- highly competitive
- easily discouraged
second child
- highly anxious
- exaggerated feelings of power
- unconscious hostility
- fights for acceptance
- must always be “right”
- highly critical of others
- uncooperative
oldest child
description of one’s earliest recollections which can give evidence to the origins of one’s lifestyle
first memories / early recollections
- pampered style of life
- dependent on others
- wants to excel in everything
- unrealistically ambitious
youngest child
early recollections is similar to freud’s ________
unconscious mechanism
used to provide a way of dealing with the person’s life problems
dreams
golden rule of dream work in individual psychology
“everything can be different”
there is ____ interpretation of a single dream
no fixed
