Alfred Adler (18701937): Individual Psychology Adler called his approach individual psychology because it expressed his belief that every human personality is unique and indivisible (Ewen, 1988). His emphasis on the individual did not preclude the social. The social element was an “all-important” factor since it is only in a social context that an individual becomes an individual. Adler has been considered to be a disciple of Freud but he vehemently rejected that. As Adler stated (1938): Freud and his followers are uncommonly fond of describing me in an unmistakably boastful way as one of his disciples, because I had ...
PSY 111: Introduction to Psychology Learning Unit 9: Mini-Lecture Personality Speaker: Judy Austin Do you know the names of the seven dwarfs? Let’s see They are Crazy, Selfish, Ugly, Narcissistic, Crude, Lazy, and Uncooperative. Whoops Those are not the names of the seven dwarfs; those are the seven characteristics of my ex-husband’s personality Just kidding, my ex-husband was totally perfect in every way Seriously, putting all kidding and jokes aside, we probably can recall the names of the seven dwarfs – Bashful, Happy, Dopey, Sneezy, Grumpy, Doc, and Sleepy. What helps us to be able to remember them ...
1 NEO-FREUDIANS: Alfred Adler ST B.A. I (Honors), Lecture Series-1 (Paper-IVth : Systems in Psychology) By Dr. Masaud Ansari Department of Psychology, A.P.S.M. College, Barauni L. N. M. University, Darbhanga 21ST OCTOBER 2020 2 Neo-Freudian’s view Freud’s writings were controversial, but they soon attracted followers, mostly young, ambitious physicians who formed an inner circle around their strong minded leader. These pioneering psychoanalysts, whom we often call neo-Freudians, accepted Freud’s basic ideas: the personality structures of id, ego, and superego; the importance of theunconscious;theshaping ofpersonalityinchildhood;and thedynamicsofanxietyand the defense mechanisms. But they broke ...
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