PSYC 331 Exam Guide 2024

Biography of Alfred Adler - Correct Answer Lived in Austria -Sick as a child; jealous of older brother, feelings of inferiority, compensation for weaknesses through persistence Define Social interest (Adler) - Correct Answer Urge in human nature to adapt oneself to the conditions of the social environment Inferiority feelings - Correct Answer normal condition of all people; source of all human striving Compensation - Correct Answer A motivation to overcome inferiority, to strive for higher levels of development Inferiority Complex - Correct Answer A condition that develops when a person is unable to compensate for normal inferiority feelings Define Fictional Finalism (Adler) - Correct Answer Imagined goal that guides a human behavior Define Superiority (Adler) - Correct Answer -Striving to attain perfection -Striving for superiority to attain completion leads to psychological health -Striving for personal superiority leads to neurosis **Feelings of Inferiority & striving for Perfection** (Adler) - Correct Answer It is not the defect itself that produces the striving, but the person's attitude toward it -Attitude -- learned tendency to respond to an object in a consistently favorable or unfavorable way Define Organ Inferiority (Adler) - Correct Answer Biologically based defect that gives rise to feelings of inadequacy Define Masculine Protest (Adler) - Correct Answer Attempts by an individual, male or female, to compensate for feelings of inferiority by acting as though superior to others What is "Style of Life"? (Adler) - Correct Answer Individual's distinctive personality pattern, which is basically shaped by the end of early childhood What is "Creative style? (Adler) - Correct Answer People have the ability to create actively their own destinies and personalities What are Adler's four Major lifestyle types? - Correct Answer 1) Dominant type: people that tend to dominant or rule others