Alfred Adler Flashcards
Who is Alfred Adler?
Australian Psychotherapist Doctor
When was he born?
February 7, 1870
Where is he from?
Vienna, Austria
Why did he wasn’t to become a physician?
He suffered health conditions as a child.
What are the differences between Adler and Freud?
Alder was more interested in social relationships, while Freud was more one on one relationships.
Adler believed that’s conscious and the unconscious are cooperating parts of the same unified system. While Freud believed that they were separate.
What psychology did he form?
Society of Individual Psychology
What were his contributions?
Individual Psychology
Alderian Theory
Striving for Success or Superiority
Final Goal
Striving Force as Compensation
Subject Perceptions
Fictionalism
Unity and Self-Consistency of Personality
Original Dialect
Conscious and Unconscious
Social Interest
Style of Life
Creative Power
Abnormal Development
External Factors in Maladjustments
Safeguarding Tendencies
Masculine Protest
Application of Individual Psychology
What is individual Psychology?
It presents and optimistic view of people while resting heavily on the notion of social Interest. It is openness with all human kind.
What is the alderian theory?
It’s highlights overcoming feelings of inferiority to gain a sense of belongingness in order to achieve success and happiness. He believes that people are born with weak bodies, leading to a condition of feeling inferiority.
What does the alderian theory suggest?
It suggested that one force behind a person’s behavior is his strive for success or superiority.
People’s subjective perceptions shape their behavior and personality.
Personality is unified and self consistent.
The value of human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of social interest.
Explain success or superiority
Because he believed that mad is born with weak bodies and therefore developed conditions of inferiority, he believed that it was a motivation for either paths of success or superiority.
What is the masculine Protest?
Will to power or domination of others, the desire to become a “real man”
Hat is final goal?
Final goal is through fictional and has no obj drive existence, it is made from the creative power from within. It unifies personality and behavior. It is a compensation for deficiency and points the direction towards superiority or success.
Striving Force as Compensation?
People strive for superiority or success as a means of compensation.
What are the tenets of Alder?
Striving for Success or Superiority
Subject Perceptions
Unity and Self-Consistency of Personality
Social interest
Style of Life
Creative Power
