Alfred Adler Flashcards
(8 cards)
What makes the Active-Constructive lifestyle type?
- Develops in families marked by cooperation, trust, and respect.
-Optimistic, supportive, community-oriented.
-Sets and actively pursues community-serving goals.
-Often ambitious and successful.
-Likely to become community leaders.
Passive-Constructive
- Also adopts community-oriented goals,
- But prefers others to take initiative.
- Friendly and charming.
-Lacks independence and enterprise.
-Passive in approach despite positive aims.
Active-Destructive
- Pursues selfish or harmful goals actively.
- Often power-seeking.
- May exhibit antisocial behaviour.
- Goals can disadvantage society.
Passive-Destructive
- Antisocial but passive and lazy.
- Passively aggressive.
- Pursues selfish/antisocial goals with little initiative.
-Generally unproductive and unhelpful.
📊 Which two types are community-oriented in their goals?
Active–constructive
Passive–constructive
⚠️ Which two types are selfish or antisocial in their goals?
Active–destructive
Passive–destructive