Adler

Question 1

each person is an integrated whole, striving to attain future goals and attempting to find meaning in life while working harmoniously with others

Answer 1

individual psychology

Question 2

feeling of oneness with all humankind

Answer 2

social interest

Question 3

believed to be people’s main motivator

Answer 3

social influences

Question 4

who are largely responsible for who people are?

Answer 4

themselves

Question 5

acc to adler, present behavior is shaped by?

Answer 5

people’s view of the future

Question 6

6 main tenets of individual psychology

Answer 6

• 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

Question 7

why do people try to compensate when they strive for superiority or success

Answer 7

feelings of inferiority or weakness

Question 8

innate, but its nature and direction are due both to feelings of inferiority and to the goal of superiority

Answer 8

striving force

Question 9

without the innate movement toward perfection, children would __________

Answer 9

never feel inferior

Question 10

without feelings of inferiority, children would _________

Answer 10

never set a goal of superiority or success

Question 11

provides guidelines for motivation, shaping psychological development and giving it an aim

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goal

Question 12

individualized concept and all people formulate their own definition of it

Answer 12

success

Question 13

fictional future goal which a person aspires or the “guiding self-ideal”

Answer 13

fictional finalism

Question 14

fictional finalism is also called

Answer 14

self-prophecy

Question 15

provide present motivation for reaching future goals

Answer 15

physical inferiorities

Question 16

disturbance of one part of the body cannot be viewed in isolation, it affects the entire person

Answer 16

organ dialect

Question 17

there is no dichotomy between _____

Answer 17

conscious and unconscious

Question 18

acc to adler ______ is helpful, while ______ is unhelpful

Answer 18

• conscious
• unconscious

Question 19

gauge to be used in judging the worth of a person

Answer 19

social interest

Question 20

engage in things that doesn’t receive responsibility and demands

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avoiding type

Question 20

types of a person

Answer 20

• ruling-dominant type
• getting-learning type
• avoiding type
• socially useful type

Question 21

very influential, manipulative, always wants to be acknowledged when they do something right

Answer 21

ruling-dominant type

Question 22

goal, self-concept, feelings for others, and attitude toward the world

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style of life

Question 22

thinks of others

Answer 22

socially useful type

Question 23

style of life is the _____ of a person's life

Answer 23

flavor

Question 23

style of life is crystallized by age?

Answer 23

4 or 5

Question 24

style of life

Answer 24

- compensating / overcompensating - pampered - neglected

Question 25

places people in control of their lives

Answer 25

creative power or creative self

Question 26

creative power is responsible for people's _______

Answer 26

final goal

Question 27

according to the ______, you will continue to feel pain if you will not accept the harsh realities of life

Answer 27

law of the low doorway

Question 28

3 entrance gates to mental life

Answer 28

- birth order / family constellation - first memories / early recollections - dream analysis

Question 29

it is the sibship structure

Answer 29

birth order

Question 30

main factor in birth order

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parents / parenting style

Question 31

birth order includes;

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- first born - second born - youngest child - only child

Question 32

extremely ambitious; constantly attempting to catch up and surpass the older sibling

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second born

Question 33

never dethroned but experiences shock when he learns that he cannot remain the center of attention in other circumstances

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only child

Question 34

usually spoiled and can never be independent

Answer 34

youngest

Question 35

focus of attention until the next child is born and he is 'dethroned'

Answer 35

first born

Question 36

easily loses courage to succeed by his own effort

Answer 36

youngest

Question 37

- nurturing and protective of others - good organizer

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first born

Question 38

realistically ambitious

Answer 38

youngest child

Question 38

- highly motivated - cooperative

Answer 38

second child

Question 38

socially mature

Answer 38

only child

Question 38

- exaggerated feelings of superiority - low feelings of cooperation - inflated sense of self - pampered style of life

Answer 38

only child

Question 39

- highly competitive - easily discouraged

Answer 39

second child

Question 40

- highly anxious - exaggerated feelings of power - unconscious hostility - fights for acceptance - must always be "right" - highly critical of others - uncooperative

Answer 40

oldest child

Question 41

description of one's earliest recollections which can give evidence to the origins of one's lifestyle

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first memories / early recollections

Question 41

- pampered style of life - dependent on others - wants to excel in everything - unrealistically ambitious

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youngest child

Question 42

early recollections is similar to freud's ________

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unconscious mechanism

Question 43

used to provide a way of dealing with the person's life problems

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dreams

Question 44

golden rule of dream work in individual psychology

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"everything can be different"

Question 45

there is ____ interpretation of a single dream

Answer 45

no fixed