Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler Flashcards
“an abnormal individual driven mad by ambition”.
Freud to Adler
People as being motivated mostly by ________ and by their __________.
social influences, striving for superiority or success
The one dynamic force behind people’s behavior.
striving for success or superiority.
People’s _____ shape their behavior and personality.
subjective perceptions
_ is unified and self-consistent.
Personality
The value of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of _____.
social interest.
Style of life is molded by
people’s creative power
Psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for _. Psychologically healthy people seek _.
Personal superiority, success for all humanity.
After rejecting aggression as a single motivational force, Adler used the term which implied will to power or a _.
masculine protest
It reduces the pain of inferiority feelings and points that person in the direction of either superiority or success.
Final Goal
The second example of a _______ is the harmony between conscious and unconscious actions.
Unified Personality
It originates from the mother-child relationship during the early months of infancy.
Social Interest
Adler used an interesting analogy, which he called _______. When approaching the _______, you are neither compelled to stoop nor forced to bump your head. You have a creative power that permits you to follow either course
“the law of the low doorway”
Withdrawal: is the tendency to safeguard one’s fictional goal of superiority by psychologically reverting to a more secure period of life. Similar to Freud’s concept of regression in that both involve attempts to return to earlier, more comfortable phases of life
Moving backward
Applications of Individual Psychology: Through the use of ______________, Adler tried to increase the patient’s courage, self-esteem, and social interest
humor and warmth
