Alfred Adler
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Adler left behind many theories and practices that very much influenced the world of psychiatry. Today these concepts are known as Adlerian psychology. His theories focused on the feelings of inferiority, and how each person tries to overcome such feelings by overcompensating (trying too hard to make up for what is lacking). Adler claimed that an individual's lifestyle becomes established by the age of four or five, and he stressed the importance...
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Adler, along with Freud and Jung, created an entirely new branch of psychology, namely psychoanalysis. What Life Should Mean to You brings his conclusions to a popular audience. The book covers adolescence, feelings of superiority and inferiority, the importance of cooperation, work, friendship, love and marriage.
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Alfred Adler: Der Sinn des Lebens (Überarbeitete Neuedition) Neu lektoriert, mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung, zahlreichen Erklärungen medizinischer Fachausdrücke und eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis In seinem Werk ›Der Sinn des Lebens‹ verwebt Alfred Adler die wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse seiner Berufslaufbahn zu einem grandiosen Spätwerk, in dem er der grundlegendsten aller Fragen, der Bestimmung des Menschen und dem Sinn des Lebens auf den...
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Understanding Human Nature was an attempt to acquaint the general public with the fundamentals of Individual Psychology. Adler explores human personality from all angles — how character develops, the nature of the psyche, how we see the world and how we become who we are. He believed that the work of understanding should not be the preserve of psychologists alone, but a vital undertaking for everyone to pursue, given the bad consequences of ignorance....
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As the 20th century drew to a close, the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was perhaps the least known of the prominent figures of his time - in particular Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung - and yet he continues to be a figure of influence in the 21st century. His school of 'individual psychology' involved a holistic approach to the study of the individual, with a key focus on the way each person viewed the world, especially regarding...
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Nous avons un caractère inné et un caractère acquis. Pourquoi tel homme est-il naturellement actif, l'autre indolent ? l'un irritable, l'autre inerte ?
« Nous entendons par trait de caractère la présence d'une forme d'expression déterminée pour l'âme d'un homme qui cherche à prendre position envers les tâches de la vie. La notion de « caractère » est donc une notion sociale. Nous ne pouvons parler d'un caractère, qu'eu égard à la...