3: Alfred Adler - INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY

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individual psychology

presents an optimistic view of people while resting heavily on the notion of social interest

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optimistic

individual psychology presents an _____ view of people while resting heavily on the notion of social interest

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social interest

individual psychology presents an optimistic view of people while resting heavily on the notion of ______

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Adler

saw people as being motivated mostly by social influences and by their striving for superiority or success

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social influences

Adler saw people as being motivated mostly by ______ and by their striving for superiority or success

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superiority

Adler saw people as being motivated mostly by social influences and by their striving for ______ or success

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success

Adler saw people as being motivated mostly by social influences and by their striving for superiority or _____

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superiority or success

Adler saw people as being motivated mostly by social influences and by their striving for _____ or _____

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Adler

believed that people are largely responsible for who they are and people's view of the future shapes that present behavior

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people

Adler believed that ______ are largely responsible for who they are and people's view of the future shapes that present behavior

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present behavior

Adler believed that people are largely responsible for who they are and people's view of the future shapes that _____

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who they are

Adler believed that people are largely responsible for _____ and people's view of the future shapes that present behavior

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view of the future

Adler believed that people are largely responsible for who they are and people's _____ shapes that present behavior

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psychologically healthy

______ people are usually aware of what they are doing and why they are doing it

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what they are doing

psychologically healthy people are usually aware of ______ and why they are doing it

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why they are doing it

psychologically healthy people are usually aware of what they are doing and ______

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what they are doing and why they are doing it

psychologically healthy people are usually aware of ______ and ______

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success or superiority

the one dynamic force behind people's behavior is the striving for _____ or _____

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behavior

The one dynamic force behind people's ______ is the striving for success or superiority

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subjective perceptions

people's _____ shape their behavior and personality

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behavior and personality

people's subjective perceptions shape their _____ and _____

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personality

is unified and self-consistent

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unified

personality is ____ and self-consistent

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self-consistent

personality is unified and ____

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unified and self-consistent

personality is _____ and _____

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value

the ____ of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of social interest

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human activity

the value of all ____ must be seen from the viewpoint of social interest

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viewpoint

the value of all human activity must be seen from the ____ of social interest

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social interest

the value of all human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of ____

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self-consistent

the _____ personality structure develops into a person's style of life

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self-consistent personality structure

the _____ develops into a person's style of life

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style of life

the self-consistent personality structure develops into a person's ____

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style of life

_____ is molded by people's creative power

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creative power

style of life is molded by people's _____

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striving for success or superiority, subjective perceptions, unity and self-consistency of personality

first 3 DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY (6)

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social interest, style of life, creative power

last 3 DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY (6)

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striving for success or superiority, subjective perceptions, unity and self-consistency of personality, social interest, style of life, creative power

DYNAMICS OF PERSONALITY (6)

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striving for sucess or superiority

Individual psychology holds that everyone begins life with physical deficiencies that activate feelings of inferiority—feelings that motivate a person to strive for either superiority or success.

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individual psychology

holds that everyone begins life with physical deficiencies that activate feelings of inferiority—feelings that motivate a person to strive for either superiority or success

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physical deficiencies

individual psychology holds that everyone begins life with _____ that activate feelings of inferiority

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inferiority

individual psychology holds that everyone begins life with physical deficiencies that activate feelings of _____ —feelings that motivate a person to strive for either superiority or success

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inferiority

feelings that motivate a person to strive for either superiority or success

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superiority or success

individual psychology holds that everyone begins life with physical deficiencies that activate feelings of inferiority — feelings that motivate a person to strive for either _____ or _____

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striving for success or superiority

Psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for personal superiority, whereas psychologically healthy people seek success for all humanity.

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psychologically unhealthy individuals

_____ strive for personal superiority, whereas psychologically healthy people seek success for all humanity

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personal superiority

psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for _____, whereas psychologically healthy people seek success for all humanity

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psychologically healthy people

psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for personal superiority, whereas ______ seek success for all humanity

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success for all humanity

psychologically unhealthy individuals strive for personal superiority, whereas psychologically healthy people seek ______

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the final goal

people strive toward a final goal of either personal superiority or the goal of success for all humankind

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final goal

people strive toward a _____ of either personal superiority or the goal of success for all humankind

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personal superiority

people strive toward a final goal of either _____ or the goal of success for all humankind

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goal of success

people strive toward a final goal of either personal superiority or the ______ for all humankind

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goal of success for all humankind

people strive toward a final goal of either personal superiority or the ______

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the final goal

_____ is fictional and has no objective existence

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fictional

the final goal is ___ and has no objective existence

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objective existence

the final goal is fictional and has no _____

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final goal

nevertheless, the _____ has great significance because it unifies personality and renders all behavior comprehensible

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unifies personality

nevertheless, the final goal has great significance because it _____ and renders all behavior comprehensible

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renders all behavior comprehensible

nevertheless, the final goal has great significance because it unifies personality and _____

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comprehensible

nevertheless, the final goal has great significance because it unifies personality and renders all behavior _____

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striving force as compensation

people strive for superiority or success as a means of compensation for feelings of inferiority or weakness

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superiority or success

people strive for _____ as a means of compensation for feelings of inferiority or weakness

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compensation

people strive for superiority or success as a means of _____ for feelings of inferiority or weakness

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inferiority or weakness

people strive for superiority or success as a means of compensation for feelings of _____

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striving for personal superiority

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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superiority

some people strive for _____ with little or no concern for others. their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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concern for others

some people strive for superiority with little or no _____. their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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personal ones

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their goals are _____, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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goals

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their ____ are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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strivings

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their goals are personal ones, and their ____ are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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exaggerated feelings

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by _____ of personal inferiority, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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personal inferiority

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of ____, or the presence of an inferiority complex

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inferiority complex

some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others. their goals are personal ones, and their strivings are motivated largely by exaggerated feelings of personal inferiority, or the presence of an _____

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striving for success

in contrast to people who strive for personal gain are those psychologically healthy people who are motivated by social interest and the success of all humankind

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social interest

in contrast to people who strive for personal gain are those psychologically healthy people who are motivated by ____ and the success of all humankind

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success of all humankind

in contrast to people who strive for personal gain are those psychologically healthy people who are motivated by social interest and the _____

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success

in contrast to people who strive for personal gain are those psychologically healthy people who are motivated by social interest and the ____ of all humankind

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social interest and the success of all humankind

in contrast to people who strive for personal gain are those psychologically healthy people who are motivated by _____ and the _____

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subjective perceptions

people strive for superiority or success to compensate for feelings of inferiority, but the manner in which they strive is not shaped by reality but by their subjective perceptions of reality, that is, by their fictions, or expectations of the future

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reality

people strive for superiority or success to compensate for feelings of inferiority, but the manner in which they strive is not shaped by ____ but by their subjective perceptions of reality, that is, by their fictions, or expectations of the future

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subjective perceptions of reality

people strive for superiority or success to compensate for feelings of inferiority, but the manner in which they strive is not shaped by reality but by their ____, that is, by their fictions, or expectations of the future

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fictions

people strive for superiority or success to compensate for feelings of inferiority, but the manner in which they strive is not shaped by reality but by their subjective perceptions of reality, that is, by their ___, or expectations of the future

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expectations of the future

people strive for superiority or success to compensate for feelings of inferiority, but the manner in which they strive is not shaped by reality but by their subjective perceptions of reality, that is, by their fictions, or ____

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fictionalism

our most important fiction is the goal of superiority or success, a goal we created early in life and may not clearly understand. this subjective, fictional final goal guides our style of life, gives unity to our personality

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superiority or success

our most important fiction is the goal of ____, a goal we created early in life and may not clearly understand. this subjective, fictional final goal guides our style of life, gives unity to our personality

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goal

our most important fiction is the ___ of superiority or success, a goal we created early in life and may not clearly understand. this subjective, fictional final goal guides our style of life, gives unity to our personality

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fiction

our most important ___ is the goal of superiority or success, a goal we created early in life and may not clearly understand. this subjective, fictional final goal guides our style of life, gives unity to our personality

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physical inferiorities

because people begin life small, weak, and inferior, they develop a fiction or belief system about how to overcome these physical deficiencies and become big, strong, and superior

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small, weak, and inferior

because people begin life __ ___ and ___, they develop a fiction or belief system about how to overcome these physical deficiencies and become big, strong, and superior

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fiction or belief system

because people begin life small, weak, and inferior, they develop a ___ or ____ about how to overcome these physical deficiencies and become big, strong, and superior

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physical deficiencies

because people begin life small, weak, and inferior, they develop a fiction or belief system about how to overcome these ____ and become big, strong, and superior

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big, strong, and superior

because people begin life small, weak, and inferior, they develop a fiction or belief system about how to overcome these physical deficiencies and become ___ ___ and ___

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unity and self-consistency in personality

in choosing the term individual psychology, Adler wished to stress his belief that each person is unique and indivisible

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individual psychology

in choosing the term ____, Adler wished to stress his belief that each person is unique and indivisible

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Adler

in choosing the term individual psychology, ___ wished to stress his belief that each person is unique and indivisible

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unique and indivisible

in choosing the term individual psychology, Adler wished to stress his belief that each person is ___ and ____

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individual psychology

____ insists on the fundamental unity of personality and the notion that inconsistent behavior does not exist

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unity of personality

individual psychology insists on the fundamental ______ and the notion that inconsistent behavior does not exist

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inconsistent behavior

individual psychology insists on the fundamental unity of personality and the notion that ______ does not exist

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does not exist

individual psychology insists on the fundamental unity of personality and the notion that inconsistent behavior ____

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