ALFRED ADLER

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ALFRED ADLER

• FATHER OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

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ADLER

• FORMED CHILD GUIDANCE CLINICS
• ORGANIZED PARENT, TEACHER, AND CHILD CONFERENCES
• FAMILY COUNSELING
• SOCIAL THEORIST
• SOCIAL CONTEXT AS PART OF PERSONALITY

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ADLER

• EMPHASIZED SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCE ON
  PERSONALITY
• SAID OEDIPAL FIXATION WAS ABNORMAL
• EMPHASIZED THE UNIQUENESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
• PRESENT AND FUTURE
• WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND HOW CAN THIS BE HELPED
• TENSION PRODUCTION MODEL
• EXPOSE OURSELVES TO THREATS TO BETTER OURSELVES.
  STRIVE FOR GOALS.

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ADLER

• NO CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
• IDENTIFY AND BE IN HARMONY WITH SOCIETY AND
  OTHERS
• SIBLING RIVALRY
• COMPENSATION

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ADLER

• CONSCIOUSNESS
• PLAN AND GUIDE OUR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES
• BE CONSCIOUS OF WEAKNESS
• UNCONSCIOUS
• WHAT IS JUST NOT IN CONSCIOUSNESS
• LITTLE EFFORT MAKES UNCONSCIOUS ACCESSIBLE TO
  CONSCIOUSNESS

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CONSCIOUSNESS AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS
CONSCIOUS
UNCONSCIOUS
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FICTIONAL FINALISM

• UNPROVEN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OURSELVES, LIFE, OR
  OTHERS CONCERNING A FUTURE CONDITION THAT GUIDES
  OUR BEHAVIOR IN THE PRESENT
• RELIGION
• EDUCATION
• MARRIAGE

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FICTIONAL FINALISM

• EXAMPLES
• HEAVEN (HAVE TO BE GOOD TOM GO THERE)
• HELL (HAVE TO BE BAD TO GO THERE)
• POST PhD SYNDROME
• HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
• NICE GUYS FINISH LAST
• NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK
• LOOK OUT FOR NUMBER ONE
• WHATS THE USE

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ADLER

• SUPERIORITY
• CONCENTRATES ON HOW TO ACHIEVE A SUPERIOR
  POSITION IN LIFE
• STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
• SOMEWHAT INNATE

• INFERIORITY
• SOCIALLY FORMED POSITION
• PRESENCE OF OTHERS SHOWS OUR INFERIORITY

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INFERIORITY
WE ALL BEGIN LIFE FROM A POSITION OF INFERIORITY
FIRST GRADE
KINDERGARTEN
BIRTH
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INFERIORITY COMPLEX

• PERSON ASSUMES THE FEELING OF INFERIORITY AS THE
  WAY THEYLL BE IN LIFE
• ALWAYS BE A FAILURE
• FAILS TO RESPOND TO LIFES CHALLENGES
• MAKES NO EFFORT

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SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

• GRAND OR GROSS INFERIORITY COMPLEX
• TRY TO HIDE FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY BY TRYING TO
  EXPRESS SUPERIORITY
• CAN LEAD TO PETER PRINCIPLE
• PERSON IS PROMOTED TO THE HEIGHT OF HIS
  INABILITY
• NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

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STYLES OF LIFE

• DOMINANT RULING TYPE
• DOMINATE
• ASSERTIVE
• BULLY
• MANIPULATIVE
• ATTACKING PERSONALITY
• J.R. EWING (DALLAS)
• ARCHIE BUNKER
• ???????

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STYLES OF LIFE

• GETTING TYPE
• COMMON
• PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE
• GETTING RECEIVING DEPENDENCE
• CO-DEPENDENCE
• PAIR -UP WITH DOMINAT TYPE
• EXPECT TO GET EVERYTHING FROM OTHER PEOPLE
• EDITH BUNKER
• MILITARY
• GOVERNMENT

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STYLES OF LIFE

• AVOIDING TYPE
• LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
• AVOID CONFRONTING REALITY
• AVOID CHALLENGES
• BY AVOIDING PROBLEMS THEY CAN AVOID DEFEAT
• HOBOS
• HOMELESS
• STREET PEOPLE
• DANGEROUS

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STYLES OF LIFE

• SOCIALLY USEFUL TYPE
• POSITIVE
• REALISTIC OPEN MINDED
• ATTACKS PROBLEMS HEAD ON
• USES ADAPTIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS
• COOPERATIVE
• PROMOTES GOOD OF OTHERS