Friday, April 18, 2014

Individual Psychology

A. Notion of Individual PsychologyAccording to Adler as quoted by Ryckman (1985: 95) Individual Psychology is a science that attempts to understand the experiences and behavior of each person as an organized entity. He believes further that all actions are guided by a person’s fundamental attitudes toward life. Adler (in Hjelle and Ziegler, 1992: 141) believes that the major purpose of a personality theory should be to serve as an economical and fruitful guidefor therapists and ultimately for everyone, in effecting change toward more psychologically healthy behavior.

B. Major principles of Marxism 1. Fiction FinalismIt deals with individual goal of life, which is unreal in nature or as a fiction.2. Inferiority FellingInferiority means feeling weak and unskilled in the face of tasks that need to be completed.3. Striving for Superiority Each individual is forced by drivers to be superior, powerful and regarded.4. Style of LifeAccording to Adler (in Hjelle and Ziegler, 1992: 144) the style of life encompasses the unique pattern of traits, behaviors and habits which, when taken together, defines the flavor of a person’s existence. The style of life, originally called “life plan” or “guiding image” refers to the unique ways in which people pursue their goal (Ryckman, 1985: 98).5. Social InterestBasically, man is social creature by nature and not by habit. He fully realizes his position as a free individual and his bound concerns the society.6. Creative PowerAccording to Adler as quoted by Hjelle and Ziegler (1992: 150) creative power means the influences of heredity any environment toward a person in overcoming the problem or life.

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