Adler: Individual Psychology Flashcards
The sole dynamic force behind people’s action is striving for ______ or ______
success, superiority
The ______ of success or superiority toward which all people strive unifies personality and makes all behavior meaningful.
Final Goal
The striving force can take one of two courses
personal gain ( superiority) Community benefit ( success)
Psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for personal superiority with little concern for other people
striving for personal superiority
psychologically healthy people strive for the success of all humanity, but do so without losing their personal identity.
striving for success
Fictions are people’s expectations of the future.
fictionalism
Adler believed that all humans are ___ with physical inferiorities
blessed
People often use a physical disorder to express style of life, a condition Adler called
organ dialect
Human behavior has value to the extent that it is motivated by___, that is, a feeling loneliness with all of humanity.
social interest
The sole criterion of human values
social interest
The manner of a person’s striving is called
style of life
their ability to freely choose a course of action
Creative power
Adler listed three factors that relate to abnormal development
- exaggerated physical defects
- a pampered style of life
- a neglected style of life
Maintain a neurotic lifestyle and protect a person from public disgrace
safeguarding tendencies
Three principal safeguarding tendencies are
- excuses
- aggression
- withdrawal
