M2U2: ALFRED ADLER’S INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
birth: February 7, 1870
ALFRED ADLER
A originally pursue ______, before switching to neurology and psychiatry.
OPTHALMOLOGY
A’s critical moments of his childhood that contribute to his later work
YOUNGER BROTHER DIED NEXT TO HIS
TRUE OR FALSE:
Adler’s theory can be boiled down to one simple statement: people are born weak and feeling superior, and it’s their eternal goal to feel inferior.
FALSE - superior & inferior - inferior & superior
the goal of the human soal is c____, p_____, s______, and s_____.
CONQUEST, PERFECTION, SECURITY, SUPERIORITY
A’s core of personality
CONSCIOUS
A’S SIX TENETS:
first; dynamic force behind people’s behavior
STRIVING FOR SUCCESS/SUPERIORITY
A’S SIX TENETS:
final goal is determined by our?
CREATIVE POWER
A’S SIX TENETS:
overcoming feelings of inferiority with little or no regard for others
STRIVING FOR SUPERIORITY
A’S SIX TENETS:
result of an exaggerated feeling of inferiority
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
A’S SIX TENETS:
overcoming feelings of inferiority by aiming for goals that will be of positive impact not only for the self, but for others as well
STRIVING FOR SUCCESS
A’S SIX TENENTS:
shape behavior and personality.
SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS
A’S SIX TENENTS:
Belle have a poor opinion of herself and feel helpless and unable to cope with the demands of life.
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
A’S SIX TENETS:
individually unique and their personalities and behaviors are unified, all of which are directed towards the final goal.
UNITY AND SELF CONSISTENCY OF PERSONALITY
A’S SIX TENETS:
expression of a deficient organ as it relates to the individual’s goal
ORGAN DIALECT
A’S SIX TENETS:
Belle has the inability to stand up because she is a diabetic person.
ORGAN DIALECT
A’S SIX TENETS:
value of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of
SOCIAL INTEREST
A’S SIX TENETS:
pertains to a feeling of oneness with all humanity
GEMEINSCHAFTSGEFUHL
TRUE OR FALSE:
attitude of social interest originates from father-infant relationship
FALSE - father - mother
A’S SIX TENETS:
measures psychological health, and the likelihood that one would strive for superiority or success
YARDSTICK
TRUE OR FALSE:
we should be using all tenets as the sole measurement of a person’s worth.
FALSE - all tenets - social interest only
A’S SIX TENETS:
fifth; refers to a person’s unique, unconscious, and repetitive manner of responding to what Adler called the three main tasks of life
STYLE OF LIFE
A’S SIX TENETS:
A’s three main tasks of life
FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, WORK
MISTAKEN STYLES OF LIFE:
Belle seek to dominate others.
RULING TYPE
MISTAKEN STYLES OF LIFE:
Belle belittles her classmates for their slow pace in their experiment.
DEPRECATION COMPLEX
MISTAKEN STYLES OF LIFE:
Belle’s decision depends on her friends and when everything goes wrong, she always leans to her friends.
GETTING TYPE
MISTAKEN STYLES OF LIFE:
Belle failed her exams and just shrug it off.
AVOIDING TYPE
A’S SIX TENETS:
they lead narrow and rigid styles of life marked by a lack of ability to choose new ways to respond to the environment.
PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNHEALTHY PEOPLE
A’S SIX TENETS:
more flexible and diverse, enact social interest through action and actively solve the three main tasks of life
PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY PEOPLE
A’S SIX TENETS:
last; style of life is molded by?
CREATIVE POWER
A’S SIX TENETS:
what allows them to take control of their lives
CREATIVE POWER
common underlying factor behind all psychologically unhealthy lives
UNDERDEVELOPED SOCIAL INTEREST
THREE FACTORS’ TO MALADJUSTMENT:
Belle expect others to take care of them and look after them.
PAMPERED STYLE OF LIFE
THREE FACTORS TO MALADJUSTMENT:
Belle has a reference book for one of her subjects. She is concerned for her grade that is why she did not share it to her classmates.
EXAGGERATED PHYSICAL DEFICIENCIES
THREE FACTORS TO MALADJUSTMENT:
Belle is always alone in their house.
NEGLECTED STYLE OF LIFE
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES:
Belle failed her exam. She said to herself that if only their prof taught well, she would pass.
EXCUSES
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES:
Belle failed her exam. She blames Cindy for being too noisy when they reviewed together.
AGGRESSION
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES:
Belle failed her exam. She is torn between asking her prof for consideration or let it pass.
WITHDRAWAL - HESITATING
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES:
Belle failed her exam. She refuses to ask her prof for consideration.
WITHDRAWAL - STANDING STILL
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES:
After Belle failed the boards, she went back to her parent’s home.
WITHDRAWAL - MOVING BACKWARD
SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES:
Belle created a problem to shows everyone they can solve it.
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
both males and females were considered to be in protest against weakness
MASCULINE PROTEST
dynamic force behind all motivation
AGGRESSION
what complex is innate in all of us
SUPERIORITY COMPLEX
society’s overemphasis on manliness
MASCULINE PROTEST
BIRTH ORDER:
Belle is overprotective to her sister.
FIRST BORN
BIRTH ORDER:
Belle is competitive in a sense that she wants to help the role of her older sister.
SECOND BORN
BIRTH ORDER:
Belle feels that she is left-out.
MIDDLE
BIRTH ORDER:
Belle gets everything that she wants, resulting in not knowing what to do next.
YOUNGEST
BIRTH ORDER:
Belle does not have sibling to compete with but has competition in the form of their parents
ONLY CHILD
FREUD VS ADLER’S VIEW OF HUMANITY:
people’s interpretations of experiences are more important than the experiences themselves.
ADLER
FREUD VS ADLER’S VIEW OF HUMANITY:
motivated by future goals rather than by innate instincts or causal forces.
ADLER
FREUD VS ADLER’S VIEW OF HUMANITY:
considered the conscious to be at the core of personality
ADLER
FREUD VS ADLER’S VIEW OF HUMANITY:
shaped by people’s unique social environments and interactions
ADLER
FREUD VS ADLER’S VIEW OF HUMANITY:
focused on uniqueness and denied universality of biological motives.
ADLER
A’S SIX TENET:
idea that people have an ultimate goal
FINALISM
A’S SIX TENET:
sees motivation as a matter of moving towards the future
TELEOLOGY
unhealthy way of showing oneself
MISTAKEN STYLES OF LIFE
