Adler Quiz

Question 1

The most obvious link between Adler’s childhood and his theory is:

Answer 1

illness and sibling rivalry.

Question 2

For Adler, inferiority

Answer 2

Is a function of the environment.

Question 3

In Adler’s view, a mother’s influence:

Answer 3

Can foster or thwart the development of social interest.

Question 4

Birth order dictates that the ____ child will experience a sense of dethronement.

Answer 4

First-born

Question 5

A person who is competitive and ambitious is likely to be a:

Answer 5

second-born.

Question 6

Adler’s approach to his patients was:

Answer 6

More relaxed and informal than Freud’s.

Question 7

Adler used all of the following methods of assessment:

Answer 7

dream analysis, early recollections, birth order.

Question 8

According to Adler, first-borns are:

Answer 8

Concerned with power and achievement.

Question 9

Last-borns tend to be more ____ than first-borns and second-borns.

Answer 9

Popular.

Question 10

Adler’s thinking and theory have been criticised as:

Answer 10

Inconsistent and unsystematic, with many gaps and unanswered questions.