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Team: Abhishek Sehgal Aniket Shah Anit Singh Hershita Singh Pragya Singh
Contents
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Contents
1. Background & Context 2. Adlers Theories & Concepts 3. Criticism & Objections
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Founded Belief
Moved to the U.S as a professor Came up with Psychology Theories & Concepts pertaining to
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Contents
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Teleology
Compensation
Masculine Protest
Psychological Types
Inferiority
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The desire we all have to fulfill our potentials, to come closer and closer to our ideal. Drew an analogy with Self Actualization Compensation defined Motivation Rejected Later Personalities could be accounted for by the ways in which we do -- or do not -compensate or overcome those problems Compensation was rejected as a premise for motivation Compensation makes it seem like peoples problems caused them to be what they are Finally, The Underlying Objective : People want to be better than others, rather than better in their own right
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Striving for Perfection
Mens Success
Some reasons cited were:
An Illustration:
Innate Superiority
1. Boys are encouraged to be assertive in life, and girls are discouraged 2. People want, often desperately, to be thought of as strong, aggressive, (i.e. "masculine) and not weak, passive, or dependent (i.e. "feminine). Lifestyle: How people live life, how they handle problems and interpersonal relations. Developing a perspective beyond the traditional parameters: Internal traits, Structures , Dynamics Conflicts.
The style of life of a tree is the individuality of a tree expressing itself and molding itself in an environment. We recognize a style when we see it against a background of an environment different from what we expect, for then we realize that every tree has a life pattern and is not merely a mechanical reaction to the environment."
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Goals/ Purpose
Ideals
Human Drivers
Partial Truths
Fiction
Good
Contrary to Freuds belief that
Bad
Human Drivers
Past
Imperative to fictionlize.
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Social Interest
Extraversion
Adlers connotation of Social Interest was limited to caring for: Family Society Community Humanity Life, in general Social Failures:
Drunkards Criminals Neurotics Psychotics
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Neurosis:
Neurosis
Types of Neurosis:
Inferiority Complex
Superiority Complex
3. Avoiding Type
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Contents
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Intangible
Inconsistent
Not Absolute
Impossible Evaluation
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