ALFRED ADLER: INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Concept of Humanity

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Optimism, Social Influences, Free Choice, Teleology, and Conscious

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feeling of oneness with all humankind

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Social Interest

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he called his approach individual psychology because it focused on the

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Uniqueness of each person

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people are born with weak, inferior bodies that lead to

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Feelings of Inferiority

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are constant motivating force in all behavior

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Inferiority Feelings

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feeling of unity with others

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Social Interest

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the main tenets of Adlerian theory are:

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1. The dynamic force behind people’s behavior is the striving for success or superiority.
2. People’s subjective perceptions shape their behavior and personality.
3. Personality is unified and self-consistent.
4. The value of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of social interest.
5. The self-consistent personality structure develops into a person’s style of life.
6. Style of life is molded by people’s creative power.

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psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for

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Personal Superiority

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psychologically healthy individuals seek

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Success for all humanity

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fictional and has no objective existence

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Final Goal

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people’s ability to freely shape their behavior and create their own personality

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Creative Power

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people strive for superiority or success as a means of

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Compensation for feelings of inferiority

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some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others

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Striving for Personal Superiority

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motivated by social interest and the success of all humankind

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Striving for Success

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fictions or expectations of the future

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Subjective Perceptions

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a goal we created early in life and may not clearly understand

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Fictionalism

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develop a fiction or belief system about how to overcome these physical deficiencies and become big, strong, and superior.

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Physical Inferiorities

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thoughts, feelings, and actions are all directed toward a single goal and serve a single purpose

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Unity and Self-Consistency of Personality

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defect part of the body sends a message

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Organ dialect

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organ dialect or

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Organ jargon

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social interest or

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Gemeinschaftsgefuhl/social feeling/community feeling

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a feeling of oneness with all humanity

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Social interest

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the sole criterion of human values

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Social interest

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flavor of a person’s life

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Style of life

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basic style of life include the:

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Dominant, Getting, Avoiding, and Socially Useful types

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Universal problems

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1. Problems involving our behavior toward others 2. Problems of occupation 3. Problems of love

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arrogant and show no concern to others

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Dominant Type

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always want to take something from others

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Getting Type

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avoiding others and withdrawing from them

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Avoiding Type

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show concerns for everyone

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Socially Useful Type

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freedom to create his or her own style of life

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Creative Power

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the one factor underlying all types of maladjustments is

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Underdeveloped Social Interest

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neurotics tend to:

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1. Set their goals too high 2. Live in their own private world 3. Have a rigid and dogmatic style of life

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people become failures in life because

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they are overconcerned with themselves and care little about others

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external factors in maladjustments

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Exaggerated physical deficiencies Pampered style of life Neglected style of life

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enable people to hide their inflated self-image and to maintain their current style of life

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Safeguarding Techniques

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largely conscious and shield a person's fragile self-esteem from public disgrace

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Safeguarding Techniques

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"yes, but" or "if, only" format

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Excuses

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protect a weak sense of self-worth and deceive people into believing that they are more superior than they really are.

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Excuses

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to protect their fragile self-esteem

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Aggression

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safeguarding through aggression may take the form of:

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Depreciation Accusation Self-accusation

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the tendency to undervalue other people's achievement and to overvalue their own's

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Depreciation

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tendency to blame others for one's failures and to seek revenge

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Accusation

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marked by self-torture and guilt

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Self-accusation

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people run away from difficulties

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Withdrawal

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safeguarding through distance

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Moving backward Standing still Hesitating Constructing obstacles

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same as regression

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Moving backward

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avoiding responsibilities to ensure themselves against failure

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Standing still

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they procrastinate

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Hesitating

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some people build a straw house to show that they can knock it down

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Constructing obstacles

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men and women overemphasize the importance of being manly

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Masculine Protest

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Applications of Individual Psychology

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Family Constellation Early recollections Dreams Psychotherapy

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feelings of power and superiority, high anxiety, and overprotective tendencies

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1st born

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personality are shaped by their perception of the older child's attitude toward them

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2nd born

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most pampered and run a high risk of being problem children

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Youngest children

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unique position of competing against father and mother. they often develop an exaggerated sense of superiority and an inflated self-concept

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Only children

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recalled memories

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Early recollections

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everything can be different

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Dreams

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enhance courage, lessen feelings of inferiority, and encourage social interest

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Psychotherapy