Alfred Adler

studied byStudied by 1 person
0.0(0)
learn
LearnA personalized and smart learning plan
exam
Practice TestTake a test on your terms and definitions
spaced repetition
Spaced RepetitionScientifically backed study method
heart puzzle
Matching GameHow quick can you match all your cards?
flashcards
FlashcardsStudy terms and definitions

1 / 28

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.

29 Terms

1
Organ Inferiority (1907)
You are who you are because you are compensating for physical deficiencies, do something to build up weak part, strengthen another part
New cards
2
Aggression Drive (1908)
Motivated to compensate for physical deficiencies because we hate them, aggression is dominant but all drives work together
New cards
3
Masculine Protest (1910)
Capitalizing on widely held gender stereotype of the time (ONLY ABOUT ACTIVITY)- females are passive, males are active, important shift to psychological events
New cards
4
Superiority striving
Biological predisposition for aiming for superiority
New cards
5
Perfection striving
A sense of being as close to perfect as you can get
New cards
6
Fictional final goal
A person's ultimate ambition, subjective and personally meaningful, created by individual to deal with life
New cards
7
Style of life
Patterns of person's day-to-day life, molded by individual's sense of inferiority and superiority
New cards
8
Gemeinschaft
Social interest, involvement with and concern for other people
New cards
9
Social interest
An innate need of all humans to live in harmony and friendship with others and to aspire toward the development of a perfect society
New cards
10
Mistaken Lifestyle: Ruling-Dominant
Someone who attempts to dominate or rule others
New cards
11
Mistaken Lifestyle: Getting-leaning
Expects everything from others and gets everything he or she can from them
New cards
12
Mistaken Lifestyle: Avoiding type
Succeeds in life by avoiding problems
New cards
13
Mistaken Lifestyle: Socially useful type
Confronts problems and attempts to solve them in a socially useful way, only type that can live a rich, purposeful life
New cards
14
Gemeinschaft Tasks: Occupational
Motivation one has to do job
New cards
15
Gemeinschaft Tasks: Societal
What you do in your free time and how it benefits others
New cards
16
Gemeinschaft Tasks: Love
Not exclusively romantic love
New cards
17
Birth Order
Diagnostic indicator, your ordinal position in birth order tells us how much gemeinschaft one has, perceived family role
New cards
18
First born
More likely to be rule followers, understand value of prestige, undivided attention for a while, difficult for child's ego when siblings are born, competition with other siblings
New cards
19
Middle born
Healthiest position, has "pacemaker" and no severe "dethronment"
New cards
20
Last born
Most problems, overpampered "baby" of the family, independence issues
New cards
21
Only Child
Most tenuous position, never had to give up anything, never had to fight for anything, most overpampered of all, based of role in family
New cards
22
Safeguarding strategies
Self-deception used by neurotics, unconscious
New cards
23
Safeguarding strategies: Excuses
Excuses for what you did or didn't do
New cards
24
Safeguarding strategies: Aggression- Depreciation
Depreciation to put people down
New cards
25
Safeguarding strategies: Aggression- Idealization
To put someone on a pedestal
New cards
26
Safeguarding strategies: Solicitude
Suggests you are going to do everything for someone else
New cards
27
Safeguarding strategies: Acusation
Blame or open aggression
New cards
28
Safeguarding strategies: Self-acusation
Self-blame, feeling bad for yourself
New cards
29
Safeguarding strategies: Distancing
Moving backward, standing still, hesitation/procrastination, constructing obstacles, anxiety, exclusion
New cards

Explore top notes

note Note
studied byStudied by 18 people
899 days ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 32 people
794 days ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 1 person
28 days ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 103 people
856 days ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 3 people
761 days ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 10 people
693 days ago
4.5(2)
note Note
studied byStudied by 39 people
953 days ago
5.0(1)
note Note
studied byStudied by 11 people
776 days ago
5.0(1)

Explore top flashcards

flashcards Flashcard (33)
studied byStudied by 3 people
792 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (62)
studied byStudied by 5 people
765 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (82)
studied byStudied by 10 people
56 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (40)
studied byStudied by 5 people
171 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (20)
studied byStudied by 115 people
507 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (25)
studied byStudied by 12 people
468 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (25)
studied byStudied by 2 people
661 days ago
5.0(1)
flashcards Flashcard (38)
studied byStudied by 38 people
8 days ago
5.0(1)
robot