ALFRED ADLER

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ALFRED ADLER
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• INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGYEMPHASIZES A SOCIAL
  CONCERN FOR OTHERS, EASY TO UNDERSTAND, AND
  STRAIGHT FORWARD.
• SOCIAL NAUTRE OF MOTIVATION
• FREUDPERSONALITY IS FOR THE REDUCTION OF
  INDIVIDUAL TENSION
• ADLERFORM OF INDIVIDUAL BEING MOTIVATED TO
  BEHAVE IN WAYS THAT SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE
  GROUP OVER THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
• CONSCIOUS CONTROL OF PERSONALITY AND AN AWARENESS
  OF HELPING OTHERS
• ADLEREMPHASIS TO THE OPERATION OF PERSONALITY
  AT THE CONSCIOUS LEVEL.

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• ADLER BELIEVED THAT BEHAVIOR WAS GOVERNED BY
  CONSCIOUS PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INDIVIDUALS
  DESIRE TO WORK WITH AND FOR OTHERS
• A TELEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON PERSONALITY
• ADLER ASSUMED THAT BEHAVIOR IS GOVERNED BY THE
  GOALS INDIVIDUALS SET FOR THEMSELVES. HE ALSO
  LOOKED INTO THE PAST (DURING PSYCHOTHERAPY) TO
  HELP IDENTIFY EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAT
  MIGHT HAVE SHAPED A GOAL IN ITS PRESENT FORM
  (TELEOLOGICALLOOKING INTO THE FUTURE)

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• INTRAPERSONAL VS. INTERPERSONAL NATURE OF
  PERSONALITY
• FREUDINTRAPERSONAL FORCES AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE
  OF BEHAVIOR
• ADLERINTERPERSONAL FORCES OPERATING WITHIN THE
  EXTERNAL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
• THE ROLE OF THE SELF
• SELF HELPS TO DETERMINE A PERSONS VIEW OF THE
  WORLD, THE GOALS SET BASED ON THE VIEW, AND THE
  STRATEGY DEVELOPED TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS