Alfred Adler - Psychoanalytic Theory

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• Alfred Adler Psychoanalytic Theorist

• Major Points: * Felt there  was a single drive behind all behavior/experience * Initially called it - Aggressive Drive; Theory progressed and ending term - Striving for Perfection * Social Interest/Social Feeling - second in importance to Single Drive * Lack of social concern - very definition of mental illness * People self-interested because of Inferiority: 1. Organ (body) inferiority 2. Psychological (beliefs) inferiority

• 4 Types of People related to Neurosis: 1. Ruling type - 2. Leaning type 3. Avoiding type 4. Socially useful-healthy - 

• * Masculine protest b/c boys encouraged to be assertive; girls discouraged from these behaviors * Took concept of Holism to heart; called his approach Individual Psychology * Lifestyle (how live life) & Interpersonal Relations (how handle problems - Tend to be fixed by age 5 Contributions to Faulty Lifestyle: *Organ inferiorities, pampering, and neglect