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Adler's Individual Psychology theory proposes that people strive for success and superiority. Each person's perception of reality is unique. People strive to overcome feelings of inferiority from birth defects through fictional goals of success. A person's behavior and personality form a unified, self-consistent whole. Social interest in cooperation and community is important for healthy development. An individual's style of life results from heredity, environment, and how they approach problems, love, and work. Abnormal development involves underdeveloped social interest and neurotic goals that are too high, focused on the self over others.

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ADLER Notes

Adler's Individual Psychology theory proposes that people strive for success and superiority. Each person's perception of reality is unique. People strive to overcome feelings of inferiority from birth defects through fictional goals of success. A person's behavior and personality form a unified, self-consistent whole. Social interest in cooperation and community is important for healthy development. An individual's style of life results from heredity, environment, and how they approach problems, love, and work. Abnormal development involves underdeveloped social interest and neurotic goals that are too high, focused on the self over others.

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NAME OF NAME OF BASIC CONCEPTS (HIGHLIGHT THE

THEORY PROPONENT ESSENTIAL ONES)

OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF PEOPLE


UNIQUENESS OF EACH PERSON
STRIVING FOR SUCCESS OR SUPERIORITY
• People strive to become superior as a means of
COMPENSATION for inferiority
• FINAL GOAL
- Strive for success of all or for personal superiority
• FOR HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
- Concerned with goals beyond themselves
SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS
• People strive for success or superiority because of the
individual’s subjective perception of reality (Fictions).
• FICTIONALISM
- Most important fiction is the goal for success
• PHYSICAL DEFICIENCIES
- People are born inferior and that fuels their motivation for
reaching their future goals.
UNITY AND SELF-CONSISTENCY OF
PERSONALITY
• INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Each person is unique and indivisible
1. - Inconsistent behavior does not exist
ADLER
INDIV PSYCH • ORGAN DIALECT
• The disturbance of one part of the body cannot be viewed in
isolation
- The deficient organ expresses the direction of the
individual’s goals
• CONSCIOUS & UNCONSCIOUS
- A unified personality is the harmony between conscious
and unconscious actions
SOCIAL INTEREST
• GEMEINSCHAFTSGEFÜHL
- Social Feeling or Community Feeling
- Strives for the perfection of all people in a community
- Cooperation with others for Social
Advancement STYLE OF LIFE
• Flavor of life
• Includes goal’s, self-concept, feeling for other, and attitude
toward the world
• A result of heredity and the social environment
• 3 MAJOR PROBLEMS OF LIFE
• Neighbor love
• Sexual love
• Occupation
CREATIVE POWER
• 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
• The law of the Low Doorway
- Neurotics
ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT
• UNDERDEVELOPED SOCIAL
INTEREST
- NEUROTICS
- Set goals way too high
- Over concerned with one’s self and
care little about others
SAFE GUARDING TENDENCIES
• Protects the individual’s self-esteem

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