Alfred Aldred

• Sigmund Freud


  Founder of psychoanalysis, a modern practice of psychology
• Psychoanalysis and Freud's ideas were very influential, with almost every other theory in psychology coming from them
• Freud was very powerful, charismatic and famous, and gathered many disciples
• Some of Freud's disciples, including Alfred Adler, became dissatisfied with Freud's theories, especially the focus on sex and aggression
• Individual psychology


  A theory of personality created by Alfred Adler, a disciple who broke away from Freud
• Alfred Adler


  • Hated Freud and his followers
  • Had a gentle personality
  • Was sickly as a child and nearly died of pneumonia
  • Had an older brother named Sigmund
• Adler's theory of individual psychology

  Focused on the individual, unlike Freud's psychoanalysis which focused on subjective interpretations and experiences
• Main tenet of individual psychology

  • People are born with weak and inferior bodies, leading to feelings of inferiority and a consequent striving for superiority
  • Feeling of unity with others and social interest is inherent in people and the ultimate standard for psychological health
• Key principles of Adler's individual psychology

  1. The dynamic force behind people's behavior is the striving for superiority

  2. Subjective perception shapes behavior and personality

  3. Personality is unified and self-consistent, unlike Freud's view of conflict

  4. Human activity must be seen from the viewpoint of social interest
• Style of life


  The self-consistent personality structure that develops, unique to each individual based on heredity, upbringing and choices
• Striving for superiority


  The innate drive to become superior, as people are born physically weak and inferior
• Final goal


  The fictional or imaginary goal that unifies a person's personality and behavior, either towards personal superiority or the success of all humanity
• The final goal has no objective existence, but is highly significant in shaping a person's behavior and personality
• Subjective perceptions


  Beliefs and fictions about reality that may not be true, but powerfully influence a person's behavior and personality
• Physical inferiorities at birth are not as important as how a person subjectively perceives and compensates for them
• Unified and self-consistent personality


  In Adler's theory, a person's thoughts, feelings and actions are all directed towards a single final goal
• Behavior that may seem inconsistent can be understood when viewed from the perspective of the person's final goal
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• Four sections of students pursuing master's degrees

  • Psychology
  • Lab guidance
  • Council guidance counselors
  • Personal master's degrees of psychology
• if we will look at it in the perspective of a final goal if we will ask them their motivations their goals in life while they are doing those such things you will see that it will make sense proud so that is their goal okay the reason why they are doing that and this and that because this because they want the prestige they want the they want the the pride
• Mind and body


  According to Adler, the mind and body are one
• Organ dialect


  Body language, which is usually more expressive and discloses the individual's opinions more clearly than the words are able to do
• Communication is 80% body language
• Observing mannerisms and body language helped me in my practice as a psychologist in training
• Conscious and unconscious


  According to Adler, they are united and do not work against each other, unlike Freud's view
• Social interest


  Feeling of oneness with all humanity, implying membership in the social community
• Ideal mother-child relationship


  Genuine and deep-rooted love for the child, centered on the child's well-being, not the mother's own needs or wants
• Social interest is not synonymous to charity or unselfishness
• Creative power


  Our capacity to choose our own style of life and be responsible for creating our final goal and the methods to achieve it
• We may be limited by heredity and environment, but they are bricks and mortars or Lego pieces to create our own style of life
• Applying Adler's theory to my own life

  1. Innate striving force to become superior due to physical deficiencies

  2. Feelings of inferiority

  3. Exaggerated feelings of inferiority leading to a self-centered tendency

  4. Overcoming feelings of inferiority and developing social interest

  5. Perceiving the final goal of uniting with society