ALFRED ADLER

Alfred Adler



Alfred Adler

Introduction

Alfred Adler postulates a single "drive" or motivating force behind all our behavior and experiences. Over time, his theory was transform into a more mature, to be rename to this instinct, desire for perfectionism. It is their desire to fully develop our potential to reach more and more to our ideal. It is, as you can see, very similar to the popular idea of self update. The point is that "perfection" and "ideal" are troublesome words. On one side are very positive goals, in fact, should we not pursuing an ideal all?. However, in psychology, these words sound like a negative connotation. Perfection and ideals are, by definition, things you never achieve. In fact, many people live sad and painfully trying to be perfect. As you know, other authors such as Karen Horney and Carl Rogers, emphasizes this problem. Adler also speaks of it, but sees this negative kind of idealism as a perversion of a much more positive view.

Thesis Statement

In his analysis of individual development, Adler stressed the sense of inferiority, rather than sexual drives, as the motivating force in human life.

Life History and Education

Alfred Adler was born in the suburbs of Vienna on February 7, 1870. As a child, Alfred suffered from rickets, which kept him unable to walk until age four. Alfred was a common boy as a student and preferred playing in the yard to embark on their studies. It was very popular, active and outgoing. Everyone knew him for trying to outdo his older brother Sigmund. (Sperber, 1970)

Adler wanted to create a naturalistic psychology, which allows people to understand his fellow human beings from their respective individual life story. His deliberately plain style in 1920 held his books and papers should be made available and everyone's psychology in the public domain. In the twenties, he made a series of lectures at the folk high school in Vienna, which he published in 1927 under the title of human nature. He began his medical specialty as an ophthalmologist, but he soon switched to general practice, providing consultation on a part of social statement in Vienna, near the Prado, a combination amusement park and circus. Therefore, his clients included circus people, and by virtue of these experiences, authors like Furtmuller (1964) have suggested that the weaknesses and strengths of these people were what led him to develop his thoughts on organic inferiority and compensation. (Luttrell, 2009)

How Did Freud Affect/Effect His Career

Freudian view, first wrote an article on the aggressive instinct, which was not approve by Freud. It then organized a debate between the followers of Adler and Freud, which resulted in the creation, along with 11 other members of the organization, the Society free Psychoanalysis in 1911. The quest for perfection was not the first phrase that Adler used to designate this motivational force. Recall that his original sentence was the aggressive drive, which arises when other drives are thwarted as the need to eat, to satisfy our sexual needs, to do things ...