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20 Cards in this Set
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Conscious ego |
Thoughts, feelings and behaviors stem from a conscious ego. |
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Emphases of individual psychology |
Practicality, conscious ego, individual in society, individual uniqueness, pursuing future goals, family as a group and how personality is expressed? |
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Compensation |
A major part of how Adler explains aspects of personality, he explains that if part of the mind is weak another part will work to overcome its deficiency. |
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Feelings of Inferiority |
The goal is to be complete these feelings arise from a sense of incompleteness and our attempt to try to overcome them. |
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Neurotic goals |
Impossible goals that we attempt to achieve usually to resolve an inferiority complex. IE Courage, hope, etc... |
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Superiority Striving |
A primary importance of Adler's theory (more so then sexual instinct). In individual psychology it's known as striving to meet the constant struggles of life's problems and to do one's part in making life better for everyone. |
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Style of life |
The physical, intellectual and experiences we have as young children that manifest themselves into distinct expressions of the individual. |
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Fictional finalism |
Fictions we create to help explain the world around us, these drive our behavior. We are forward looking creatures that pursue superiority and other future goals. |
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Social Interests |
Can attribute to the development of neurotic goals (if parents fail to show love and thoughtfulness) or learning co-operation and other skills depending on the parents. |
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The Creative Self |
An ego concept, that helps create the styles of life, distinctive features or ones personality and experiences. |
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Family constellation |
The arrangement of the roles occupied by various family members, specifically whether or not parents have a democratic style or one sided. Helps develop personality. |
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Pampering |
A child who is not independent, expecting people to look after them and becomes almost tyrant like. |
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Rejection |
A child that erects barriers and assumes that everyone is hostile. |
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Ordinal or position |
The situation into which the child is born into (no nominal position in the family IE... first or second child). But rather the different experiences you may gain depending on when you're born. |
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Characteristics of the problem child |
Constantly demanding attention, Demanding sympathy and help, Vying or power or rebellion, Seeking revenge, Withdrawing or Escaping reality. |
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Dreams |
Represent important themes in life mostly those associated with problems we're struggling with. They give expression to experiences we had as a child. |
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Earliest memories |
Serve lifelong striving and may be fiction BUT Adler said he can learn a lot when asking someone for their earliest memory. |
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Symptoms |
Adler described them as an attempt to hide and protect yourself. |
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Adler's Views |
- Optimistic about philosophy - Sexuality, love and marriage involve social aspects and require 2 people. - Feeling of inferiority and the masculine protest - Neurosis is a trick of the individual to escape duty - Post war social interest |
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Freud's Views |
- Pessimistic about philosophy. - Importance of libido and the Oedipus complex/Feminine counterpart. - Penis envy in women - Neurosis inherent in civilized human condition. - Post war the death instinct. |
