Personality Theories exam 1

Adler feld EGO was creative not reactive

bringing ideas to fruition was the purpose of mankind

male child does not attempt to posses the mother, but strives to attain superiority over his father

Contratry to frued, Adler felt narccism went against human tendency and was a deficency.

though that humans should develope a healthy social interest in the wellbeing of others

did not think people were motivated by silencing the discomfort of biological needs, but rather a motivation to acheive their goals

though personality tended toward becoming a whole unit. Unlike frued wo had them being fragmented opposing parts

attempt to solve problems of the concious world

Felt that physicals inferiorities drove people to overcompensate and use these new skills as careers, ect.

Drives are several components that all work together to make the person function.

Drives can be transfored to the opposite- drive to eat become annorexia

Displacement - love for father transfers to love for another authority

Inward redirection- Drive to see becomes drive to be looked at

displacement onto a strong drive - blocking sex drive increases drive to look at sex

drive for men and women to strive for superiority

peoples organ inferiorites translate fellings of being less than others.