Alfred Adler
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Alfred Adler Personality Personality Psychology Psychology
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Personality Psychology. Alfred Adler. History. Alfred Adler Born: February 1870 in Vienna, Austria Died: 1937 in Aberdeen Scotland while on a lecture tour Career: Adler received a medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1895. At first he specialized in ophthalmology. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Alfred Adler
Personality PsychologyPersonality Psychology
HistoryHistory
Alfred Adler Born: February 1870 in Vienna, Austria Died: 1937 in Aberdeen Scotland while on a
lecture tour Career: Adler received a medical degree from the
University of Vienna in 1895. At first he specialized in ophthalmology.
By 1911, due to opposing views of the society, he terminated his association with the society and Freud. He eventually worked with the army, child guidance, and education. Eventually he moved to US and served as Professor of Medical Psychology at the Long Island College of Medicine.
HistoryHistory
Inferiority/Superiority
As a child, Adler had medical issues that limited his development.
He also wanted to outdo his older brother in many areas.
This lead to his overall beliefs about how inferiority and superiority can motivate us.
Motivating Force
Single motivating force Striving for Perfection
Fulfill out potential. Aggression Drive
Reaction we have when our other drives are frustrated.
Other Terms
Striving for Superiority The individual strives to have perfect completion
and self-realization.
Fictional Finalism. This is an ideal that may be impossible to reach,
but nonetheless motivates the individual.
Other Terms Inferiority
A psychological, social or physical weakness.
Compensation helps us overcome the inferiority.
It is a push toward growth. Originated with his ideas of organ
inferiority.
Other Terms
Inferiority Complex Overwhelming sense of inferiority; exaggerated
and pathological
Superiority Complex False feeling of power More concerned with attaining selfish goals than
with social interest
Style of Life
Our distinctive personality How you live your life, handle problems &
relationships
Developed by 5 years
Parenting
How our parents treat us directly affects who we become.
Neglect
Pampering
Styles of Life
Ruling High Activity, Low Social Interest
Getting (Leaning) Low Activity, High Social Interest
Avoiding Low Activity, Low Social Interest
Socially Useful High Activity, High Social Interest
Birth Order
Only First Middle Last
