ADLERIAN PSYCHOLOGY

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ADLERIAN PSYCHOLOGY

• Alfred Adler
• 1870 - 1937

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HUMAN BEINGS

• Strive to belong
• Strive to overcome early feelings of inferiority
• They do this through construction of personal
  subjective goals

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Adlerians Stress

• Unity of mind, body spirit
• Interactions between individual and community

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IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

• SOCIAL INTEREST
• LIFESTYLE
• EARLY RECOLLECTIONS
• PRIVATE LOGIC MISTAKEN NOTIONS
• FAMILY CONSTELLATION
• DREAMS

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SOCIAL INTEREST

• SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• COMMUNITY FEELING
• COOPERATION
• MUTUAL RESPECT

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LIFE STYLE

• UNIQUE BLUEPRINT OF SUBJECTIVE ATTITUDE, VIEWS OF
  SELF, OTHERS THE WORLD
• OUR CONSEQUENT BEHAVIOR STRATEGY USED TO
  COMPENSATE FOR FEELINGS OF INFERIORITY
  EXPERIENCED AS A YOUNG CHILD

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MORE IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

• ALL BEHAVIOR HAS SOCIAL MEANING
• THE HUMAN PERSONALITY HAS UNITY GUIDING THEMES
• BEHAVIOR IS A FUNCTION OF OUR SUBJECTIVE
  PERCEPTIONS
• ALL BEHAVIOR IS PURPOSEFUL
• THE STRIVING FOR SIGNIFICANCE EXPLAINS MOTIVATION