Chapter 3 FIB Flashcards
According to Adler, the striving for success or _____________ is the dynamic force behind our actions
superiority
Adler believed that people are motivated more by _______________ than by reality.
fictions (beliefs)
Consistent with Adler’s final theory, healthy people strive for the _________________________ of all humankind.
betterment
Adler frequently stated that all people come into the world _____________________ with physical inferiorities.
blessed
Fictions are people’s expectations of the ____________________.
future
Lack of ______________________ is the essence of maladjustment.
social interest
Gemeinschaftsgefühl, or ____________________________, refers to a positive feeling for all humanity.
social interest
Unhealthy people strive for personal _____________________, whereas psychologically healthy people strive for the success of all people.
superiority, gain
Adler held that personality is shaped by the ________________ power, although heredity and environment contribute to its building material.
creative
Unhealthy people have an essentially useless ________________ of life whereas healthy people have a useful one.
style
The concept of organ _________________ suggests that a person can express a diseased or inferior part of the body to gain sympathy from other people.
dialect (jargon)
To Adler, personality is molded by subjective ________________ rather than by reality.
perceptions
Maladjusted people tend to set their goals too ______________.
high
People with a ___________________ style of life try to make permanent a parasitic relationship with their mother.
pampered
Safeguarding tendencies protect a person from __________________________.
public disgrace
