ADLER: INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Who is the founder of Individual Psychology?
Alfred Adler
It is a feeling of oneness with other humankind
Social Interest
Differences of Individual Psychology to Psychoanalytic
- Motivated by social influences and Striving for superiority
- Responsible for who they are
- Present behavior
- Psychologically healthy are those who are aware of who they are
If Freud has Julius
Alfred has ______.
Rudolf Adler
Eldest brother of Adler
Sigmund Adler
Tell the significant childhood events of Adler
- Sya ay pangalawa sa magkakapatid
2. Reason of being physician - to conquer death
In adler’s theory, what formed of human motivation?
What is the counterpart of it in psychoanalytic?
Physical deficiencies
Sex and aggression
What are the two cornerstones of human motivation, according to adler?
Social interest and compassion
Why did Adler admire the americans unlike to Freud?
He was impressed of their open-mindedness or optimism
Who is her wife and what is her job?
Raissa Epstein
Politically active
Adler’s date of death and cause
May 28, 1937, heart attack
What is adler’s theory?
Individual psychology
What are the two foundation of Adler’s theory?
- People are born with weak and inferior bodies and that leads to feelings of inferiority and dependence to other people
- Social interest is ultimate standard for psychological health
What is the ultimate standard of a psychologically healthy, accg to Adler?
Social Interest
Explain the six tenents or final statements of Individual Psychology
- A dynamic force is either striving for success or inferiority
- A subjective perceptions shape their personality and behavior
- Personality is unified and self-consistent
- Social interest seen by valuing human activity
- Self - consistent personality develops a person’s style of life
- Style of life is molded by people’s creatiive power
Striving for success vs. Striving for Superiority
Striving for success - psychologically healthy (success to all humanity)
Striving for superiority - psychologically unhealthy (personal success)
What is masculine protest?
Will to power or domination of others
What is creative power?
Ability to freely shape their behavior and create their own personality
What is the final goal of the person?
A fictional goal of success for all humanity
What is the cause of Adler’s death?
Heart Attack
What happened to Adler during WWI?
Like Freud leads to his agression drive, Adler also lead him to the cornerstone of human motivation which are social interest and compassion
What is the cause of human motivation according to Adler? What book he wrote?
Human deficiency
inferiority and psychical compensation
What is the reason why he wanted to become a physician?
He wanted to overcome death, it all started when Rudolf his brother died beside of him and he was traumatized that he needs to overcome death because he has pneumonia
What is the first tenent?
Striving for superiority and success
What is masculine protest?
A will for dominance
What is inferiority complex?
Exaggerated feelings of inferiority
It is the freely shape to his behavior that leads to success or goal
creative power
What age a child started to have a creative power?
5 - 6 years old
What is the second tenent?
Subjective perceptionh shapes behavior and personality
What is Fictionalism?
A final fictional goal of a person towards style of life
What is the view of Adler towards the behavior of person?
Teleological or a person is determined by his future goals
What is the third tenet?
Unity and self-consistency of personality
It is a disturbance of one organ in the body.
It speak’s the language of the body organ
Organ jargon/dialect
It is the reason why a person wanted to reach the goal
To lessen the feelings of inferiority
What is the fourth tenet?
Social interest is seen as the value of human activity
What is social interest?
The community feeling, interest or oneness in the community
What is the german word of social interest?
Gemeinschaftsgefuhl
What is the origin of social interest?
the mother -child relationship during the early months of infancy
How the mother affects the social interest of a child?
It has a major impact - love
mother that has healthy love - social interest
child over father - pampered
father over society - neglect
How the father affects the social interest of a child?
It has a major impact - social environment
father that has healthy relationship with mother - social interest
paternal authoritarianism - personal superiority
emotional detachment - neglect/parasitic mother - child relationship
It is the gauge to judge a person’s worth
social interest
What is the fifth tenet?
Style of life
What is style of life?
It is a flavor of a person’s life
Psychologically unhealthy vs. Psychologically healthy
The former - they live with inflexible lives
The latter - they live with flexible and diverse with complex style of life
What are the three common problems in life?
- Neighborly love
- Sexual love
- Occupation
What is the solution for the three common problems in life?
Social interest
What are the three ways to have a good welfare?
- Cooperation
- Courage
- Willingness
What is the sixth tenet?
creative power
It is the freedom to create a style of life
creative power
It is the most salient characteristic of life
Movement
It is the bricks and mortar of personality
heredity and environment
What age does a child established his style of life?
4 - 5 years old
What is the root of maladjustment?
underdeveloped social interest
What are the three internal factors of maladjustments?
- Set a higher goals
- Rigid and dogmatic style of life
- They have private world or private meaning
What are the three external factors of maladjustments?
- Exaggerated physical deficiencies
- Pampered style of life
- Neglected style of life
It is the progeny of social interest
Physical deficiency
It is the heart of neuroses
Pampered style of life
It is used when a person has to protect his/her inflated selfp-image from a public grace?
Safeguarding tendencies
What is the counterpart of Safeguarding tendencies in psychoanalytic?
Defense mechanism
Difference of safeguarding and defense mechanism
Conscious-operated and one is
Unconscious-operated
What are the three forms of safeguarding tendencies?
Excuses, Agression and Withdrawal
What is “yes, but” and “If only”
Excuses
What is aggression?
It is to protect self-image
What are the three types of aggression?
Depreciation, accusation and self-accusation
It is belittling others, overvalue one self
Depreciation
It is blaming others and seek for revenge
Accusation
It is converse type of depreciation which a person disvalue self to hurt other people around him
Self-accusation
What is withdrawal?
It is runaway from difficulties
It is runaway from difficulties
Withdrawal
What are the four types of withdrawal?
Moving backward, standing still, hesitating, constructing obstacles
It is the regression in safeguarding tendencies
Moving backward
It is reverting back from a secure life that elicits sympathy
Moving backward
It has no direction, doing nothing, securing image from failure
Standing still
“It’s too late now”
It is a waste of time like repetitive actions
hesitating
Its example is by building a straw house and when it fails you are going to excuse
Constructing obstacles
What are the four application of individual psychology?
- Family Constellation
- Early recollection
- Dreams
- Psychotherapy
It is a.k.a. birth order
Family Constellation
What birth order that is overprotective and has a power?
first born
What birth order that is the moderate and highly competitve child?
second born
What birth order that strives harder and pampered style of life?
youngest
What birth order that can have a parasitic relationship and has inflated self-image?
Only child
What is early recollection according to Adler?
It is shaped by the present style of life
It does not determined by the style of life
What is dream according to Adler?
It is self-deception
It means that “everything can be interpreted differently”
What is the method used by adler for his therapy?
Humor and warmth
What is the purpose of Adler’s therapy?
To enhance courage, lessen feelings of inferiority and encourage social interest
“Everybody can accomplish everything”
Alfred Adler
How he treats the child client?
He used therapy in public or in front of the parents so that a child realize that it is a community problem which causes to place a great value of social interest in him.
What test is useful for vocational interest?
SDS (Self-directed Search)
How many career types does Holland have?
Six
What are the six career types?
Realistic, Investigate, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional,
A career type which a person is practical and mechanical
Realistic
A career type which a person is independen and expressive
Artistic
A career type which a person is precise, scientific and intellectual
Investigate
A career type which a person is trustworthy, friendly and helpful
Social
A career type which a person is sociable, energetic and ambitious
Enterprising
A career type which a person is orderly and able to follow a set plan
Conventional
After the masculine protest, what significant idea did Freud made?
He theorized about narcissism
It is a maladaptive and unhealthy personality orientation
narcissim
It is an adaptive and healthy personality orientation
Self-esteem
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