What is Private Logic Exterior life-style and alignment towards the final goal are supported by an interior and idiosyncratic private logic. Private logic comprises the values and beliefs upon which a person operates. It, too, is created in childhood and … Continue reading →
Adlerian Life-Style Evolving from and oriented towards the final goal is an individual’s life-style. Life-style is determined by specific inferiorities, perceived or actual, and comprises the implementation of compensatory schemes. Adler’s final goal to overcome death propelled him towards becoming … Continue reading →
Striving for Superiority and Fictional Finalism Striving for Superiority To recap and summarise, sense of inferiority cues compensation. Adler proposed initially the involvement in this of aggressive instincts, before moving on to the notion of will to power. Many texts … Continue reading →
What is the Family Constellation Regarding the position of each child within the family structure, Adler prescribed neglect and pampering as principal factors predisposing an inferiority complex. Neglected children may suffer a childhood full of humiliation, experiencing neither the security … Continue reading →
Inferiority Theory Adler’s initial ideas on psychopathology were outlined in A Study of Organ Inferiority. From his medical work, he noted that deficiencies in the development or functioning of a bodily organ frequently initiated a compensatory process. Thus, a kidney … Continue reading →
Potential Strengths to Freudian Theory A prominent, yet perhaps undervalued, strength of Freudian theory is its emphasis upon factors arising within the person as leading to psychological difficulties. This more humanitarian perspective than hitherto advanced a trend originated by Philippe … Continue reading →
Potential Weaknesses to Freudian Theory Pt2 Additional weaknesses in Freudian theory may include: *Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â inaccuracies in Freud’s developmental theories (e.g., masturbation being shown to occur as early as the first year of life [if not in the womb], the so-called … Continue reading →
Potential Weaknesses to Freudian Theory Potential Weaknesses Many have criticised Freud’s alleged overemphasis of instincts (and especially the sex instinct) and underemphasis of social relationships. Neo-Freudian approaches, in general, have even played down the importance of the unconscious itself, preferring … Continue reading →
What is Resistance and Working Through Resistance Resistance is another circumstance typical of psychoanalysis, materialising especially as the lifting of repression becomes likely. Rather than face the anxiety-provoking incident, impulse or conflict, the patient may well exhibit resistance in a … Continue reading →
What is Transference and Counter Transference Transference is a commonplace and sought after psychoanalytic event, referring to the emotional involvements of the patient with the analyst. Such reactions are presumed to relate to previous significant others (e.g., a parent) in … Continue reading →
