Alfred Adler Flashcards
How Alfred Adler called his approach?
Individual psychology.
Afred Adler grew up in the same city in the same era as another famous psychologist. Who is he?
Freud.
What sickness Adler suffered from?
Rickets (main symptom is softening of the bones). Рахит.
What the strive for individual growth comes from according to Adler?
Inferiority feelings.
When feelings of inferiority begin to develop?
As early as infancy.
What is the inability to overcome inferiority feelings called?
Inferiority complex.
What is characteristic of people with inferiority complex?
Poor opinion of oneself, feelings of helplessnes.
From which three sources inferiority feelings can arise?
Organic inferiority, spoiling and neglect.
How organic inferiority can be overvome?
Through artistic, athletic or social accomplishments.
What is superiority complex?
A condition that develops when a person overcomensates for normal inferiority feelings.
What is striving for superiority?
The urge toward perfection or completion that motivates each of us
What is finalism according to Adler’s theory?
The idea that we have an ultimate goal, an ideal that exists subjectively in ourselves.
What is style of life?
A unique character structure or pattern of personal behaviors and characteristics by which each of us strives for perfection.
What are the 4 different basic styles of life?
Dominant, getting, avoiding and socially useful types.
What are the three categories of universal problems?
Problems involving our behavior towards others, with occupation, of love.
