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Lesson 3 Flashcards

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Develop by Alfred Adler, this theory of human behavior and a therapeutic approach that encourages individual to make positive contribution to society and achieve personal happiness

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Individual Psychology

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A person is not divided into parts, but is viewed as indivisible

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Holism

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The mind, body, and emotions work together all in the service of the individual’s final fictional goal.

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Holism

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A trained individual can see themes and how everything fits into one complete picture.

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Holism

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Adler emphasized the significance of understanding the individual’s subjective experience and the social context in which they live.

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Holism

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is the study of purpose or goal-directedness.

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Teleology

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suggesting that individuals are motivated by a forward-looking goal or purpose.

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Teleological striving

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This striving towards a future goal influences an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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Teleological striving

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people are born with weak, inferior bodies—a condition that leads to feelings of inferiority and a consequent dependence on other people.

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Adlerian theory

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10
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Therefore, a feeling of unity with others (social interest) is inherent in people and the ultimate standard for—

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Psychological Health

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The one dynamic force behind people’s behavior is the striving for

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success or superiority.

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12
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shape their behavior and personality.

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Subjective perception

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13
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It is unified and self-consistent

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Personality

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14
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The value of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of

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Social Interest

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15
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The self-consistent personality structure develops into a person’s—

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Style of life

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16
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Style of life is molded by people’s

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Creative power

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17
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holds that everyone begins life with physical deficiencies that activate feelings of inferiority—feelings that motivate a person to strive for either superiority or success.

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Individual psychology

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feelings that motivate a person to strive for either superiority or success.

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Feelings of inferiority

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was the dynamic power behind all motivation, but he soon became dissatisfied with this term.

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Aggression

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20
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which implied will to power or a domination of others.

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Masculine protest

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those people who strive for personal superiority over others

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Striving for superiority

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To people that have a well developed social interest

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Striving for success

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has no objective existence.

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Final Goal

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It is not a universally defined or predetermined objective but is rather an individual’s subjective vision of what they perceive as a successful or superior life.

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Subjective nature of final goal

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Adler posited that individuals construct their final goals based on their perceptions, beliefs, and interpretations of their life experiences.

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Imaginary and constructed

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It is not an external, measurable reality but rather an internal guide that influences a person’s behavior, choices, and motivations.

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No objective existence

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It influences an individual’s actions and decisions, providing a sense of direction and purpose in their pursuit of success or superiority.

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Motivational Role

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28
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final goal acts as a driving force in guiding actions.

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Influence in behavior

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People’s ability to shape their behavior and create their own personality.

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Creative Power

30
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People strive for superiority or success as a means of compensation for feelings of inferiority or weakness.

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Striving as compensation

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Some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others.

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Striving for personal superiority

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Their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex.

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Striving for personal superiority

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psychologically healthy people who are motivated by social interest and the success of all humankind.

Social progress is more important to them than personal credit.

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Striving for success

34
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Expectations of the future

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Fictions

35
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Our most important goal; goal created early in our life and may not be clearly understood

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The goal of superiority and success

36
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People are motivated not by what is true but by their subjective perceptions of what is true.

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Fictionalism

37
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People who are born with small, weak, and inferior bodies develop___________ about how to overcome these physical deficiencies and become big, strong, and superior.

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Fiction and belief system

38
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insists on the fundamental unity of personality and the notion that inconsistent behavior does not exist.

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Individual psychology

39
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The disturbance of one part of the body cannot be viewed in isolation; it affects the entire person.

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Organ dialect

40
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body’s organs “speak a language which is usually more expressive and discloses the individual’s opinion more clearly than words are able to do”

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Organ dialect

41
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Harmony between conscious and unconscious actions

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Example of unified personality

42
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Part of the goal that is neither clearly formulated nor completely understood by the individual.

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Unconscious

43
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Those that are completely understood and regarded by the individual as helpful striving for success.

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Conscious

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_________ thoughts that are those that are not helpful

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Unconscious

45
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Misleading translation means a feeling of oneness and with all humanity; implies membership in the social community of all people

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Social interest

46
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can be defined as an attitude of relatedness with humanity in general as well as an empathy for each member of the human community.

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Social interest

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It originates from the mother-child relationship during the early months of infancy.

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Social interest

48
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Adler’s yardstick for measuring psychological health and is thus “the sole criterion of human values”

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Social interest

49
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used in judging the worth of a person.

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Social interest

50
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is not synonymous with charity and unselfishness

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Social interest

51
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Adler used to refer to the flavor of a person’s life.

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Style of life

52
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Is the product of interaction of environment, heredity, and a person’s social life

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Style of life

53
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Three major problems of life:

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Neighborly love
Sexual love
Occupation

54
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places them in control of their own lives

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Creative power

55
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It is responsible for their (persons) final goal, determines their method of striving for that goal, and contributes to the development of social interest.

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Creative power

56
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One factor underlying all types of maladjustment is—

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Underdeveloped social interest

57
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Besides lacking on social interest, neurotics tend to:

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  1. Set their goal to high
  2. Live in their own private world .
  3. Have rigid and dogmatic style of like
58
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Whether congenital or the result of injury or disease, are not sufficient to lead to maladjustment, it should always be accompanied by___________

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by accentuated feeling of inferiority

59
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whether congenital or the result of injury or disease, are not sufficient to lead to maladjustment. They must be accompanied by accentuated feelings of inferiority.

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Exaggerated physical deficiencies

60
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Pampered children have not received too much love; rather, they feel unloved

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Pampered style of love

61
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Abused and mistreated children developed little social interest and tend to create a_______________

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Neglected style of life.

62
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They have little confidence to themselves and tends to overs estimate difficulties connected with life major problem.

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Neglected style of life

63
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enable people to hide their inflated self-image and to maintain their current style of life.

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Safeguarding tendencies

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expressed in the “Yes, but” or “If only” format.

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Excuses

65
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some people use _________ to safeguard their exaggerated superiority complex.

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Aggression

66
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the tendency to undervalue other people’s achievements and to overvalue one’s own.

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Depreciation

67
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is the tendency to blame others for one’s failures and to seek revenge, thereby safeguarding one’s own tenuous self-esteem.

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Accusations

68
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Personality development can be halted when people run away from difficulties.

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Withdrawal

69
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is the tendency to safeguard one’s fictional goal of superiority by psychologically reverting to a more secure period of life

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Moving backwards

70
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Do not move in any direction, thus, they avoid all responsibility by ensuring themselves against any threat of failure.

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Standing Still

71
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people hesitate or vacillate when faced with difficult problems.

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Hesitating

72
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some people build a straw house to show that they can knock it down

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Constructing Obstacles

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