1. What are the 5 principles that represent Adler's assumptions about people & how they function?

2. Adler placed greater emphasis on _______ than Freud did

3. What were the three phases in the development of his theory?

4. The relationship between Adler and Freud was

5. In Adler's view, inferiority feelings are

6. For Adler, the chief motivating force in human psychology comes from

7. All motivation to strive and succeed comes from

8. Adler distinguished inferiority feelings from inferiority complex . What is the difference?

9. What causes of an inferiority complex?

10. Distinguish between compensation & overcompensation.
 

11. What does style of life mean for Adler? What is its function?
 

12. What is meant by "creative power" and what part does it play in personality development?
 

13. How are the terms "prototype" & "fictional finalism" similar in Adler's theory?
 

14. What can happen if one's prototype runs into a conflicting reality?
 

15. What was Adler's major technique for determining "style of life?"
 

16. Once our style of life has been created, it will
 

17. What is meant be "the present determines the past?"
 

18. What are Adler's four basic styles of life?
 

19. In the _______ style of life one escapes failure by not facing life's problems
 

20. Alcoholics and drug addicts are typical of the _______ style of life
 

21. The most common style of life is the
 

22. Adler used the term "social interest" to indicate a/n
 

23. According to Adler, a child's first task is to
 

24. Adler's explanation of the force that holds society together is his concept of
 

25. Birth order dictates that the _______ child will experience a sense of dethronement
 

26. A person interested in order and authority is likely to be a/n
 

27. A person who is competitive and ambitious is likely to be a/n
 

28. The child likely to develop at a fast rate is the
 

29. What characterizes the only child of their sex in a set of siblings?
 

30. Adler's approach to his patients was characterized by
 

31. Which of Adler's concepts are exemplified in the character of Dr. Frankenstein ?
 

32. Which of Adler's concepts are exemplified in the character of Dr. Frankenstein 's "Creation"?
 

33. What methods of assessment were used by Adler
 

34. Adler believed that early recollections can be clues to a person's
 

35. Adler's own early recollections reveal
 

36. Adler believed that dreams reveal
 

37. Adler believed that personality tests are
 

38. Adler's primary research method was the
 

39. What did Watkins conclude from his review of research has been conducted on Adler's ideas about ER's
 

40. Early memories of delinquent persons are
 

41. Early memories of psychiatric adults dealt with
 

42. Research has shown that children who are neglected by their parents score high on the _______ scale of the MMPI
 

43. On the social interest measures, high SIS correlates positively with And negatively with .
 

44. Research has shown that first-borns are characterized by
 

45. Persons who reach high levels of intellectual achievement in school tend to be
 

46. First-borns tend to be _______ than later-borns
 

47. Research on second-borns shows they are
 

48. Last-borns tend to be more _______ than first-borns and second-borns
 

49. Only-born adults may be
 

50. Research with only children found that they had higher levels of _______ than children with siblings
 

51. What is meant by teleological?
 

52. Some books use "success" and some use "superiority" as the ultimate goal of all people. What is meant by the term?
 

53. People who use "success" to describe our ultimate goal use "superiority complex" as a perversion of this. What does this involve?
 

54. How did Adler himself exemplify his concept of Gemeinschaftsgefuhl ?
 

55. Was Adler a Communist? Why or why not?
 

56. Why did Adler call his theory "Individual Psychology?"
 

57. Where would you place Adler on the "nature-nurture" continuum?
 

58. What are the three issues every human being faces and how is "social feeling" related to them?
 

59. In what ways can parenting go awry? What are the results?
 
 
 

60. What is the difference in response to a braggart who talks about the past vs one who talks about the future?

61. In Adler's theory who is the more important parent? Why?
 

62. What are the three familial influences on personality development?
 

63. Besides birth order what other factors among siblings are important in shaping personality?
 

64. What are the results of research on family size and intelligence?
 

65. How does Adlerian therapy differ from psychoanalysis?
 

66. What is the current research opinion about birth order?
 

67. What is the explanation of "sibling rivalry" put forth be evolutionary theory?
 

68. Give three ways in which Adler's ideas show up in later theories?
 

69. Where does Adler lie on the "free-will" vs "determinism" continuum?
 

70. What did Adler mean by the "safeguarding tendencies?"