ALFRED ADLER

ALFRED ADLER

WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 7, 1870

IN A VILLAGE NEAR VIENNA

ALFRED ADLER

when he was 2nd among 7 children of pauline and leopold adler

WEDNESDAY PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

ADLER AND FREUD ALONG WITH 3 OTHER PHYSICIANS FORMED A GROUP CALLED

WEDNESDAY PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY BECAME

VIENNA PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY

SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY

ADLER FORMED A NEW GROUP CALLED

INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY

PRESENTS AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF PEOPLE WHILE RESTING HEAVILY ON THE NOTION OF SOCIAL INTEREST

SOCIAL INTEREST

a feeling of oneness with all human kind

GEMEINSCHAFTSGEFÜHL

SOCIAL INTEREST

1ST TENET

THE INE DYNAMIC FORCE BEHIND PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOR IS THE STRIVING FOR SUCCESS OR SUPERIORITY

STRIVING FOR PERSONAL SUPERIORITY

PEOPLE STIVE WITH LITTLE TO NO CONCERN FOR OTHERS

STRIVING FOR SUCCESS

type of psychologically healthy people who are motivated by social interests and success for all humankind

THE FINAL GOAL

-Infants are born small, incomplete, and weak, they feel inferior and powerless

-To compensate to these deficiencies, they set a fictional goal to be big, complete and strong

FICTIONALISM

ARE IDEAS THAT HAVE NO REAL EXISTENCE, YET THEY INFLUENCE PEOPLE AS IF THEY REALLY EXISTED

3RD TENET

PERSONALITY IS UNIFIED AND SELF CONSISTENT

ORGAN DIALECT

the deficient organ expresses the direction of individual’s goal.

Disturbance of one part of the body cannot be viewed in isolation which affects the entire person

CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS

Adler avoided the dichotomy between the unconscious and conscious which he saw as two cooperating parts of the unified system

CONSCIOUS THOUGHTS

are those that understand and regarded by the individual

UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS

are those thoughts that are not understood and not helpful

4TH TENET

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

TASKS TO DEVELOP SOCIAL INTEREST

OCCUPATIONAL WORK

SOCIAL TAST

LOVE & MARRIAGE TASK

5TH TENET

THE SELF CONSISTENT PERSONALITY STRUCTURE DEVELOPS INTO A PERSON’S STYLE OF LIFE

RULING-DOMINANT TYPE

THEY ALWAYS DOMINATE OTHERS

GETTING-LEARNING TYPE

THEY ALWAYS RELY ON OTHERS

AVOIDING TYPE

THEY AVOID FAILURE THUS THEY NEVER PURSUE ANYTHING

SOCIALLY USEFUL TYPES

CONFRONTS PROBLEMS AND ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN A SOCIALLY USEFUL WAY

STYLES OF LIFE

RULING DOMINANT TYPE

GETTING LEARNING TYPE

AVOIDING TYPE

SOCIALLY USEFUL TYPE

FAULTY LINES

RULING DOMINANT TUPE

GETTING LEARNING TYPE

AVOIDING TYPE

6TH TENET

STYLE OF LIFE IS MOLDED BY PEOPLE’S CREATIVE POWER

CREATIVE POWER

IT PLACES CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES

IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FINAL GOALS

ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT DEFINED BY ADLER

CREATIVE POWER ENDOWS HUMANS WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS WITH THE FREEDOM TO BE EITHER PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY OF UNHEALTHY AND TO FOLLOW EITHER A USEFUL OR USELESS STYLE OF LIFE

EXAGGERATED PHYSICAL DEFFICIENCIES

tend to develop exaggerated feelings of inferiority

PAMPERED STYLE OF LIFE

Have weak social interest, they tend to develop parasitic relationship with their parents, friends and pa

NEGLECTED STYLE OF LIFE

ABUSED AND MISTREATED CHILDREN DEVELOP LITTLE SOCIAL INTEREST AND TEND TO CREATE A NEGLECTED STYLE OF LIFE

SAFEGUARDING TENDENCIES

ARE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THEIR EXAGGERATED SENSE OF SELF ESTEEM AGAINST PUBLIC DISGRACE

EXCUSES, AGGRESSION AND WITHDRAWAL

three common safeguarding techniques

EXCUSES

typically expressed in “yes, but” or “if only” statements

AGGRESSION

SOME PEOPLE USE AGRESSION TO SAFEGUARD THEIR EXXAGERATED SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

AGGRESSION INCLUDES

DEPRECIATION

ACCUSATION

SELF-ACCUSATIONS

WITHDRAWAL

PEOPLE RUN AWAY FROM DIFFICULTIES

MASCULINE PROTEST

Both men and women place an inferior value on being a women that women are weak

FIRST BORN CHILDREN

intensified feeling of power and superiority, high anxiety and overprotective tendencies

SECOND BORN CHILDREN

they begin life in a better situation for developing cooperation and social interest

YOUNGEST CHILDREN

THEY ARE THE MOST PAMPERED

ONLY CHILD

UNIQUE POSITION OF COMPETING AGAINST PARENTS

DREAMS

can provide clues to solve future problems

used to analyze problems and plan future goals

EARLY RECOLLECTION

PROCESS OF COLLECTING MEMORIES IN SPECIFIED WAYS

ADLERIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY GOALS

ENHANCE COURAGE

LESSEN FEELINGS OF INFERIORITY

ENHANCE SOCIAL INTEREST