Chapter 4 Adler

Question 1

What is Adler’s theory?

Answer 1

Individual psychology

Question 2

Indivual psychology

Answer 2

1. The one dynamic force behind people’s behavior is the striving for success or superiority
2. People’s subjective perceptions shape their behavior and personality
3. Personality is unified and self-consistent
4. The value of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of social interest
5. The self-consistent personality structure develops into a person’s style of life
6. Style of life is molded by people’s creative power

Question 3

Inferiority complex

Answer 3

Stagnation of growth in which difficulties seem too immense to be overcome

Question 4

Organ inferiority

Answer 4

Compensation for weakness leads to strength

Question 5

Aggressive drive

Answer 5

experienced as fighting or competition

Question 6

Masculine protest

Answer 6

Seeking the privilege associated with the male gender role

Question 7

Superiority striving

Answer 7

Striving to achieve personal best

Question 8

Perfection stiving

Answer 8

Inherent motivation toward personal growth

Question 9

Superiority complex

Answer 9

A neurotic belief that one is better than other

Question 9

Superiority complex

Answer 9

A neurotic belief that one is better than other

Question 10

Creative self

Answer 10

Each person is ‘‘the artist of his own personality’’

Question 11

Fictional finalism

Answer 11

A person’s image of the goal of his or her striving

Question 12

What do we mean with ‘‘Final goal’’

Answer 12

• People strive toward a final goal of either personal superiority or the goal of success for all humankind.
• Set by the time children reach 4 or 5 years of age

Question 13

What do we mean with ‘‘compensation’’?

Answer 13

We strive to overcome or short-comings, inferiorities of one sort or another

Question 14

Personal superiority

Answer 14

• Goals are personal and no interest of others
• May be in the form of social interest but motivated by overcompensation

Question 15

Healthy individuals

Answer 15

• Concerned with goals beyond themselves
• Capable of helping others without demanding or expecting a personal payoff
• Able to see others not as opponents but as people with whom they can cooperate for social benefit

Question 16

What do we mean with subjective percepeptions?

Answer 16

the manner in which they strive is not shaped by reality but by their subjective perceptions of reality

Question 17

Organ dialect

Answer 17

The disturbance of one part of the body cannot be viewed in isolation; it affects the entire person.

Question 18

Two basic methods of striving toward the final goal

Answer 18

Innate striving force ➡️ physical deficiencies ➡️ feelings of inferiority ➡️ Exaggerated feelings ➡️ personal gain ➡️ personal superiority= Final goal dimply perceived

OR
Innate striving force ➡️ physical deficiencies ➡️ feelings of inferiority ➡️ Normal feelings of incompletion ➡️ social interest ➡️ succes= Final goal clearly perceived

Question 19

What do we mean with ‘style of life’?

Answer 19

• A person’s goal, self-concept, feelings for others, and attitude toward the world.
• Heridity+ environment + creative power

Question 20

What do we mean with ‘style of life’?

Answer 20

• A person’s goal, self-concept, feelings for others, and attitude toward the world.
• Heridity+ environment + creative power

Question 21

What do we mean with creative power?

Answer 21

• the freedom to create her or his own style of life.
• all people are responsible for who they are and how they behave
• Way to solve problems