CHAPTER 3 Adler: Key Terms and Concepts

Question 1

People begin life with both an innate striving force and physical deficiencies, which combine to produce __________.

Answer 1

feelings of inferiority

Question 2

The feelings of inferiority stimulate people to _____________ of overcoming their inferiority.

Answer 2

set a goal

Question 3

What does people who see themselves as having more than their share of physical deficiencies or who experience a pampered or neglected style of life do?

Answer 3

They overcompensate for these deficiencies and are likely to have exaggerated feelings of inferiority, strive for personal gain, and set unrealistically high goals

Question 4

How do people with normal feelings of inferiority compensated for these feelings?

Answer 4

by cooperating with others and developing a high level of social interest

Question 5

A deep concern for the welfare of other people. The sole criterion by which human actions should be judged.

Answer 5

Social interest

Question 6

The three major problems of life

Answer 6

neighborly love, work, and sexual love

Question 7

The three major problems of life can only be solved through?

Answer 7

Social interest

Question 8

All behaviors, even those that appear to be incompatible, are consistent with?

Answer 8

a person’s final goal

Question 9

Human behavior is shaped by?

Answer 9

people’s subjective perception of a situation

Question 10

True or False:

Human behavior is shaped neither by past events nor by objective reality.

Answer 10

TRUE. It is by their subjective perception of a situation.

Question 11

It provides the building material of personality.

Answer 11

Heredity and environment

Question 12

It is responsible for their style of life.

Answer 12

people’s creative power

Question 13

All people, but especially neurotics, make use of these as conscious or unconscious attempts to protect inflated feelings of superiority against public disgrace.

Answer 13

safeguarding

tendencies

Question 14

The three safeguarding tendencies mentioned.

Answer 14

excuses, aggression, and withdrawal

Question 15

The belief that men are superior to women. It is a fiction that lies at the root of many neuroses, both for men and for women.

Answer 15

The masculine protest

Question 16

Adlerian therapy uses ______, ______, and ______ to foster courage, self-esteem, and social interest.

Answer 16

birth order, early recollections, and dreams