Lesson 3

Question 1

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

Question 2

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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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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shape their behavior and personality.

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Subjective perception

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It is unified and self-consistent

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Personality

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

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Social Interest

Question 15

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

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Style of life

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Style of life is molded by people’s

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Creative power

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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

Question 18

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

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Feelings of inferiority

Question 19

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

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Aggression

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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

Question 23

has no objective existence.

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Final Goal

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 28

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

Question 30

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

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Expectations of the future

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Fictions

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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

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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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

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Individual psychology

Question 39

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

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Organ dialect

Question 40

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

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Harmony between conscious and unconscious actions

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Example of unified personality

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

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Unconscious

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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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

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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

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used in judging the worth of a person.

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Social interest

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is not synonymous with charity and unselfishness

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Social interest

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

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Style of life

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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

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Three major problems of life:

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Neighborly love Sexual love Occupation

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places them in control of their own lives

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Creative power

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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

Question 56

One factor underlying all types of maladjustment is—

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Underdeveloped social interest

Question 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

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

Question 60

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

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Pampered style of love

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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.

Question 62

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

Question 63

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

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Safeguarding tendencies

Question 64

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

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Excuses

Question 65

some people use _________ to safeguard their exaggerated superiority complex.

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Aggression

Question 66

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

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Depreciation

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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

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

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Withdrawal

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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

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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

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people hesitate or vacillate when faced with difficult problems.

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Hesitating

Question 72

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

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Constructing Obstacles