Individual Psych, pt.1 (3)

Question 1

What defines Individual Psychology?

Answer 1

Unique beliefs and skills that people develop from early childhood serve as a reference for their attitudes, behaviors, and private view of self, others, and society.

Question 2

According to Adlerian Theory, what are mental health problems, and can people recover?

Answer 2

An extension or exaggeration of typical, normal developmental processes, and people have the resources they need to reach their potential

Question 3

What are two fundamental views of Adlerian Theory?

Answer 3

People have a basic human need to be accepted by others and to contribute positively to society & people constantly strive to become better versions of themselves

Question 4

How does Individual Psychology work?

Answer 4

Positive traits, characteristics, and inherent drives of every individual are identified and enhanced to effectively overcome any undesirable drives or motivations.

Question 5

In addition to biological, psychological, and genetic factors, what influences human behavior and change?

Answer 5

Environmental and social influences

Question 6

What does Adler believe are primary drives for humans?

Answer 6

the drive to gain power, achieve superiority, and become a fully functioning adult.

the drive toward social interest was even stronger than the drive for superiority and power.

driven primarily by needs for significance, self-worth, and social involvement.

Question 7

What is the goal of Adlerian therapy?

Answer 7

Help people feel empowered and self-actualized and build rewarding social involvement and relationships.

Question 8

In addition to individual uniqueness, what other factors need to be considered?

Answer 8

Family constellations, private logic, social contexts, and lifestyles

Question 9

What is phenomenological?

Answer 9

Focused on a person’s inner reality

Question 10

What is superiority?

Answer 10

The drive that allows individuals to become skilled, competent, and creative

Question 11

What is inferiority?

Answer 11

The feeling of inadequacy and incompetency that develops during infancy and serves as the basis to strive for superiority to overcome feelings of inferiority

Question 12

What is a felt minus?

Answer 12

The struggle of not feeling valued and/or feeling incompetent, inadequate, or generally less acceptable than others.

Question 13

What is a perceived plus?

Answer 13

The subjective perception that they have achieved an area of mastery above peers

Question 14

What is the fictional final goal?

Answer 14

A mental schema of the perfect self

Question 15

What are the four ingredients of lifestyle?

Answer 15

Worldview, goals, behavioral strategies, outcomes of those behaviors

Question 16

What are the four general lifestyles?

Answer 16

Dominant, Getting, Avoiding, Socially Useful

Question 17

What are basic mistakes?

Answer 17

Self-defeating aspects of individuals’ lifestyle that may affect their later behavior.

Question 18

What are the five most common basic mistakes?

Answer 18

Overgeneralizations, False or impossible goals, Misperceptions of life and its’ demands, Denial of one’s basic worth, Faulty values

Question 18

What are four mistaken goals?

Answer 18

Seeking attention, seeking power, seeking revenge, and feelings of inadequacy

Question 19

What is a family constellation?

Answer 19

Includes the composition of the family, each person’s roles, and the reciprocal transactions that a person has with siblings and parents during the early formative years.

Question 20

What are the characteristics of a well-adjusted person?

Answer 20

Have a private logic that reflects common sense as well as social interest; they perceive themselves as part of a community and appreciate individual differences

Question 21

What are characteristics of a maladjusted person?

Answer 21

They focus only on their own needs and fail to recognize the importance of their social context and the needs of others.

Question 22

What is community feeling?

Answer 22

The sense that they belong to and are connected to all of humanity and committed to making the world a better place.

Question 23

What is social interest?

Answer 23

Being as concerned about others as one is about oneself.

Question 24

How can social interest be assessed?

Answer 24

By how successfully people negotiate relationships, the degree of closeness they maintain in those relationships, and their connectedness and contributions to society.