Ch. 4 - Alfred Adler Flashcards
personality is compensation for physical deficiencies
Organ Inferiority
you hate the things wrong with you and it’s a source of energy
Aggression Drive
attempting to become more powerful by being more ‘active’ rather than ‘passive’
Masculine Protest
biological predisposition for aiming for superiority
Superiority Striving
it’s not just being better, we strive to be the best
Perfection Striving
a person’s ultimate ambition, subjective and personally meaningful, created unconsciously by the individual to deal with life
Fictional Final Goal
pattern of person’s day-to-day life; molded by individual’s sense of inferiority and superiority
Style of Life
involvement with and concern for other people
Social Interest
get undivided attention until dethroned by a sibling
First Born
has a pacemaker and no severe dethronement
Middle Born
overpampered baby of the family, problems with independence
Last Born
never had to give up anything, never had to fight for anything
Only Child
similar to Freud’s rationalization
Excuses
put people down
Depreciation
to put someone on a pedestal, but no one can live up to those standards
Idealization
an overly caring position, act as if another person can’t care for themselves
Solicitude
blame or open aggression
Accusation
self-blame, feeling bad for yourself
Self-Accusation
regressing to childhood behaviors
Moving Backward
impediments designed to keep you at arm’s length
Constructing Obstacles
put things off to avoid a decision
Hesitation/Procrastination
having no motivation to change, being stagnant
Standing Still
deliberately pushing people away
Exclusion
psychological condition that exists when a person is overwhelmed by feelings of inferiority to the point at which nothing can be accomplished
Inferiority Complex
free element of the personality that allows the person to choose between alternative fictional goals and lifestyles
Creative Self
any lifestyle that is not aimed at socially useful goals
Mistaken Lifestyle
attempts to dominate or rule people
Ruling-Dominant Type
expects everything from others and gets everything they can
Getting-Leaning Type
“succeeds” in life by avoiding problems/failure
Avoiding Type
confronts problems and attempts to solve them
Socially Useful Type
