Alfred Adler and Carl Jung's Psychological Theories

Sibling relationships

Emphasized by Alfred Adler over parent-child relationships.

Organ inferiority

Sense of being inferior due to real or imagined structural abnormality like height or learning disability.

Compensation

Efforts to overcome inferiorities, leading to outcomes like success (genius), neurosis, or degeneration.

Fantasies

Temporary substitutes for real action, used for compensation or as a coping mechanism.

Social interest

Desire to connect with others and positively adapt to the social environment, according to Alfred Adler.

Occupation, Society, Love

Three interconnected social ties where people engage in activities, join groups, and form relationships.

Collective unconscious

Concept by Carl Jung consisting of archetypes and universal ancestral experiences in dreams, fantasies, and delusions.

Anima and Animus

Inherited collective images of the feminine and masculine essence in men and women, respectively, according to Carl Jung.

Transpersonal psychology

A field focusing on spiritual and transcendent states of consciousness within psychoanalysis.

Neuropsychoanalysis

Study linking psychoanalysis with neurosciences, such as associating the right parietal lobe with narcissistic tendencies.

Authoritarian personality

A pattern of behavior characterized by faithful acceptance of authority, order, and tradition-bound thinking.