Alfred adler

Question 1

Inferiority feelings

Answer 1

-Source of human striving; strive to not feel inferior;
-Inherently condition of all people
-dependent on others to survive (parents); comparing oneself to people that have more power.

can be real or imagined

Question 2

**Compensation

Answer 2

Motivation to overcome inferiority; Inferiority may be real or imagined;

Function of environment; when you can’t compensate the feeling of inferiority gets stronger stuck in a loop

Question 3

Inferiority Complex

Answer 3

Inability to overcome for normal inferiority; looks like Low self-concept, helpless.

organic
abuse
spoiling

Question 4

Superiority Complex

Answer 4

-Overcompensation for normal inferiority
-Self-centered, denigrates others

Question 5

3 ways Inferiority complex develops in childhood

Answer 5

1- Organic inferiority
disability
born without (height ect)

2- Spoiling
single child- doesn’t have to compete with other siblings for parents attention, assumes more inferior because im not getting everything I want

3-Neglect
abused -needs not met

Question 6

Superiority complex can develop in 2 ways

Answer 6

1- Need to become extremely successful

2-May just feel superior without need to demonstrate it (put others down, shows they are better)

Question 7

Striving for superiority

Answer 7

-All people do this, Wholeness=perfection

-Urge toward perfection or completion

-Not an attempt to be better than others

Fictional Finalism

Question 8

*Fictional Finalism:

Answer 8

Imagined or potential beliefs/goal that guides our behavior and decisions

Question 9

Style of Life

Answer 9

Unique structure/pattern of striving (i.e., how we go about attaining goal of superiority)

-Influenced by social environment

Question 10

Creative power of self

Answer 10

-creative power of self creates style of life
-we are not passively shaped by childhood
-Ability to create an appropriate style of life

Question 11

4 styles of life
people have tendency to choose

Answer 11

1- Dominant
Attacking

2- Getting
Dependent

3- Avoiding
Ignores problems

4- Socially Useful
Cooperative

you choose your style of life but influenced by upbringing

Question 12

Social Interest

Answer 12

-Innate potential to cooperate (with other people) to achieve goals

-modeled by mom

• Gemeinschaftsgefuhl
  -“community feeling” Focus on community interest

Question 13

Birth order/ ordinal positions

Answer 13

Sequence of sibling births is a major social influence; How you shape style of life, compensate

Question 14

First born

Answer 14

Focus of attention, then dethroned; Battle to regain supremacy

Characteristics: used to leadership and looking after people in relation to siblings; more dominate, don’t change their mind easily; Intellectually developed; Organized, authoritarian; Insecure, hostile toward others.

Question 15

Second Born

Answer 15

Older sibling as pacesetter; Competition may motivate 1st born;

Characteristics: Optimistic, competitive, ambitious, finds own area of success; Give up on tasks, underachiever (if they can’t surpass the first-born), metodator

Question 16

Youngest

Answer 16

Pet of the family; Fast development to surpass others;

Characteristics: High achievers;
If pampered too much= overly dependent.

Question 17

only child

Answer 17

Remain the focus of attention; Spend more time with adults;

Characteristics: Mature early; Disappointed when not the center of attention.

Question 18

Free will

Answer 18

Nurture; Past & present focus; Uniqueness; Growth throughout life; Optimistic.

Question 19

how would he would answer?

Answer 19

-Free will

-Nurture

-Past & present focus

-Uniqueness

-Growth throughout life

-Optimistic

social interest and drive for personal growth and superiority

Question 20

social interest

Answer 20

-innate potential to cooperate with other others to reach a goal

-how well we get along with others to achieve a goal

Question 21

Explain the dominate type, style of life

Answer 21

-dominate ruling attuite with social awareness
-attacks problem head on
-steam rolls others with little regard for social consequences
-leads to supriority comlplex

Question 22

explain the avoiding type, style of life

Answer 22

-person who avoids any possible failure
-leads to infeoroty complex

Question 23

explain the socially useful type of style

Answer 23

-cooperates with other and

-win win kind of person
-leads to whoelness and perfection (least common)

Question 24

alders assessment

Answer 24

early childhood: recollections early themes create primary interests

dream analysis: feelings about current problem

measure of social interest

Question 25

Adler’s criticisms

Answer 25

-inconsistent & unsystematic /concepts are seen as too broad
-disagreement with free will
-lack of public recognition
Ex
His theory power of self contradicts early childhood influence

Question 26

Adler’s contributions to psych

Answer 26

influenced multiply theory
-equality of woman
-organic inferiority
-birth order

Question 27

explain the getting type, stye of life

Answer 27

-most others to help them and highly depends on getting help form them

Question 28

How does a style of life develop

Answer 28

-in childhood we all feel inferiority feelings, when we attempt to compensate and through that we develop our individual

Question 29

Getting style of life

Answer 29

-depandant on others to get what you need

-leads to wholeness