Alfred Adler Flashcards

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How Alfred Adler called his approach?

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Individual psychology.

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Afred Adler grew up in the same city in the same era as another famous psychologist. Who is he?

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Freud.

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What sickness Adler suffered from?

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Rickets (main symptom is softening of the bones). Рахит.

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What the strive for individual growth comes from according to Adler?

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Inferiority feelings.

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When feelings of inferiority begin to develop?

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As early as infancy.

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What is the inability to overcome inferiority feelings called?

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Inferiority complex.

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What is characteristic of people with inferiority complex?

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Poor opinion of oneself, feelings of helplessnes.

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From which three sources inferiority feelings can arise?

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Organic inferiority, spoiling and neglect.

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How organic inferiority can be overvome?

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Through artistic, athletic or social accomplishments.

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What is superiority complex?

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A condition that develops when a person overcomensates for normal inferiority feelings.

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What is striving for superiority?

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The urge toward perfection or completion that motivates each of us

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What is finalism according to Adler’s theory?

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The idea that we have an ultimate goal, an ideal that exists subjectively in ourselves.

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What is style of life?

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A unique character structure or pattern of personal behaviors and characteristics by which each of us strives for perfection.

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What are the 4 different basic styles of life?

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Dominant, getting, avoiding and socially useful types.

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What are the three categories of universal problems?

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Problems involving our behavior towards others, with occupation, of love.

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Which is the most common human type according to Adler?

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The getting type.

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What is the term of the idnividual’s innate potential to cooperate with other people to achieve personal and societal goals?

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Social interest.

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What concept is one of Adler’s most enduring contributions?

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The idea that the order of birth is a major social influence in childhood.

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What skills do first-borns develop?

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Organizational skills, conscientiousness, authoritorian