Alfred Adler's Basic Concepts And Implications de Robert W. Lundin

Alfred Adler's Basic Concepts And Implications

Robert W. Lundin

First published in 1989. The purpose of this book has been to present the basic principles of Adler's psychology in a form easily understood by students of psychology as well as a wider population interested in psychology.

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Cuprins

Chapter I Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology; Chapter II Inferiority and Compensation; Chapter III Fictionalism and Finalism; Chapter IV Strivings for Superiority and Social Interest; Chapter V Degrees of Activity and Personality Types; Chapter VI The Style of Life; Chapter VII Three Problems of Life; Chapter VIII Dreams and their Interpretation; Chapter IX Safe-Guarding Tendencies; Chapter X The Neurotic Character; Chapter XI Therapy; Chapter XII Crime and its Prevention; Chapter XIII Applications to Education; Chapter XIV Adler's Critique of Freudian Theory; Chapter XV Epilogue;

Descriere

This book presents the basic principles of Adler's psychology. The first chapter looks at Adlerian psychology as it exists today, and examines earlier influences. The second chapter examines feelings of inferiority and compensation for these feelings. The third chapter considers the nature of goals and how they are formulated. The fourth chapter examines strivings for power and superiority, and social interest. The fifth chapter presents a typology of personality based on the combination of activity and social interest. Also included is Adler's attempt to relate the four temperaments of Hippocrates and Galen to his own personality theory. The sixth chapter deals with the style of life. Relevance of birth order is discussed as a contributing factor to the style of life and to personality development. The seventh chapter considers three problems of life: one's relation with society, one's occupation, and love and marriage. The eighth chapter examines dreams and their interpretation. The ninth chapter discusses techniques used to protect the self from threats to self-esteem. The tenth chapter examines the neurotic character, and the eleventh chapter discusses therapy. The twelfth chapter discusses crime and its prevention. The thirteenth chapter considers applications to the education of and the upbringing of a child. The fourteenth chapter contains Adler's critique of Freudian theory. A summary of Adler's position and pros and cons of Adler's psychology are contained in the epilogue. (LLL)