Test 2 (Ch. 4)

Question 0

Adler thinks ______ ______ is very important

Answer 0

birth order

Question 1

Adler combines theories: social and cognitive

Answer 1

Social because he believes other people affect you, cognitive because he believes in irrational beliefs

Question 2

Adler’s personal life:

Answer 2

childhood illnesses, developed an inferiority complex, almost died 4 times, established importance of other people in one’s life because his friends helped him; family of six

Question 3

Adler is ________ Psychology

Answer 3

Individual

Question 4

According to Adler, social interest is based on ________, not inherited

Answer 4

childhood

Question 5

Adler said everybody has _______ and they are important in life.

Answer 5

goals

Question 6

Adler said that we have some goals that are _______

Answer 6

fictional

Question 7

Adler said we’re allowed to have _____ fictional dreams. Any more than that is considered a psychological problem.

Answer 7

2

Question 8

a fictional goal drives you (controls your everyday behavior)

Answer 8

fictional finalism

Question 9

Adler said the primary goal of humans is ________ (we need to feel like we are better than most people in one or two areas).

Answer 9

superiority

Question 10

Adler said we have an _______ complex and we develop this because of childhood situations.

Answer 10

inferiority

Question 11

Creative self is _____-______.

Answer 11

self-concept

Question 12

Adler is optimisitc and believes most people are good. Says problems come from:

Answer 12

mistake style of life and unrealistic goals and believed problems come from irrational thoughts

Question 13

type of psychology that has an emphasis on importance of human culture

Answer 13

Individual Psychology

Question 14

how an individual adapts oneself to social environment

Answer 14

social interest

Question 15

goal that in unattainable

Answer 15

fictional goal

Question 16

being better in one or two things than most people

Answer 16

superiority

Question 17

feeling as though we’re not as good as others

Answer 17

inferferiority complex

Question 18

how we handle and try to compensate for our inferiority complexes

Answer 18

style of life

Question 19

it is the self in its creative aspects that interprets and makes meaningful the experiences of the organism and that searhes for experiences to fulfill the person’s unique style of life

Answer 19

creative self

Question 20

________’s theories shift from a stress on intrapsychic (within the psyche) such as Freud dealt with to an appreciation of interpersonal relations.

Answer 20

Albert Adler

Question 21

entails making up for or overcoming a weakness

Answer 21

compensation

Question 22

refers to an exaggerated effort to cover up a weakness that entails a denial rather than an acceptance of the real situation

Answer 22

overcompensation