Adler Flashcards
people who stand still simply do not move in any direction; thus, they avoid all responsibility by ensuring themselves against any threat of failure. (e.g. Avoids responsibilities)
Standing still
an intense personal feeling of inadequacy, often resulting in the belief that one is in some way deficient, or inferior, to others
Inferiority Complex
Who has rickets and pneumonia?
Alfred Adler
“is the tendency to undervalue other people’s achievements and to overvalue one’s own”
(loves to bring down others para umangat) what safeguarding tendency is this?
Depreciation
_________ often develop an exaggerated sense of superiority and an inflated self-concept. They compete against mom and dad
Only child
A unique pattern of characteristics, behaviors, and habits. Also, used to refer to the flavor of a person’s life
Style of life
people who strive for personal gain and motivated by social interest and the success of all humankind
Striving for success
“when people run away from difficulties” what safeguarding tendency is this?
Withdrawal
will to power or domination of others
Masculine Protest
this is the people’s ability to freely shape their behavior and create their own personality.
Creative power
is an explanation of behavior in terms of its final purpose or aim.
Teleology
Some people hesitate or vacillate when faced with difficult problems. (e.g. “It’s too late now)
Hesitating
It involves our feelings about a current problem and what we intend to do about it. It can also provide clues for solving future problems
Dreams/ Dream analysis
The deficient organ expresses the direction of the individual’s goal
Organ dialect
an individual’s innate potential to cooperate with other people in order to achieve personal and societal goals
Social Interest
are ideas that have no real existence, yet they influence people as if they really existed
Fictions
__________ are likely to have intensified feelings of power and superiority, high anxiety, and overprotective tendencies
First born children
“marked by self torture and guilt.” what safeguarding tendency is this?
Self accusation
__________ are shaped by their perception of the first born.
Second born children
“People first state what they claim they would like to do-something that sounds good to others- then they follow it with an excuse” what safeguarding tendencies is this?
Excuses
_________ are often the most pampered and, consequently, run a high risk of being problem children. Also has a strong inferiority
Youngest children
considers behavior as springing from a specific cause
Causality
“The tendency to blame others for one’s failures and to seek revenge, thereby safeguarding one’s own tenuous self-esteem” what safeguarding tendency is this?
Accusation
There is an imagined or potential goal that guides behavior. It is motivated by future ideas and ambitions
Fictional finalism
the tendency to safeguard one’s fictional goal of superiority by psychologically reverting to a more secure period of life.
Moving backward
