Psychodynamic Theories Adler: Individual Psychology |  |
Chapter Objectives
| 1. Distinguish between striving for superiority and striving for success. |
| 2. Describe the role of subjective perceptions in Adler’s theory of personality. |
| 3. Explain how seemingly contradictory behaviors may reflect a single goal of striving
for superiority. |
| 4. Define social interest and give examples of what it is and what it is not. |
| 5. Explain organ dialect and give examples of how it is expressed in a person’s behavior. |
| 6. Define causality and teleology and discuss Adler’s teleological approach to personality. |
| 7. Define style of life and discuss various methods of identifying a person’s style of life. |
| 8. List and describe three types of Adlerian safeguarding tendencies. |
| 9. Discuss Adler’s ideas on birth order. |
| 10. Discuss the importance of early recollections and the recent research generated by
this concept |
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