Chapter 4 Flashcards
What did Alder focus his studies on?
Individual Psychology
What means severe socialization and environmental demands can produce a sense of inferiority that would be avoided, given the same physical condition, in a more benign condition?
Organ Inferiority
What means seeking the privilege associated with the male gender role? Males and Females are motivated by this
Masculine Protest
What is inherent motivation toward personal growth?
Perfection Striving
What is stagnation of growth in which difficulties seem too immense to be overcome? Feeling one will never be intelligent enough.
Inferiority Complex
What is the neurotic belief that one is better than others?
Superiority Complex
What is compensation for feelings of inferiority?
Creative Self
What is a person’s image of the goal of his or her striving?
Fictional Finalism
What is a person’s consistent way of striving, established by the age of 4/5?
Style of Life
What are mistaken styles of life?
Ruling Type (Depreciation Complex), Getting Type, and Avoiding Type
What is the healthy style of life in which a person acts in ways beneficial to others and has a well developed sense of social interest?
Socially Useful Type
What term describes parents help or hinder the development of a healthy lifestyle to compensate for this fundamental felt minus?
Parental Behavior
What is the configuration of family members, including the number and birth order siblings?
Family Constellation
What child derives from overindulgence that leads to expectations that the world cannot meet?
The Pampered Child
What child can become overly dependent on others for recognition and nurturance?
The Neglected Child
What program’s major goal is to teach parents to understand the reasons for their children’s misbehavior so they can more effectively influence it?
Parenting Training Programs
What is the influence of number, age, and sex of sibling on personality development?
Family Constellation
Who experiences a sense of “dethronement” when the next child is born? They overvalue authority and hold conservative values.
The first child
Who is the most favorable and may feel envious or slighted? They also may feel rebellious or revolutionary
The second born child
Who is the problem child and risks being pampered? This child lacks incentive to develop independence. They can be successful if they find an area of effort not already claimed by another family member.
The youngest child
Who shows a similar personality to the first born child and has constant parental attention?
The only child
What shows weak and inconsistent effects, which vary depending on other factors (such as culture)?
Research on birth order
What are the three tasks of life?
Work, love, social interaction (influences other two life tasks)
According to Adler, what aims to change thinking, emotion, and behavior?
Therapy
