PSY 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fritz Perls, Cathexis, Superiority Complex
5 Apr 2016
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Was a friend of freud"s, however they disagreed on theories and didn"t continue the friendship. Mainly didn"t agree on the most important need that human beings have. Adler: to contribute in society, being useful in the group you belong to. Feeling fulilled by being useful in your group. Problem: we see people who put in efort and try to be useful and help others, however we also see selish people as well. Inferiority: everyone experiences it from day one (during childhood years) with parents and older siblings with them being able to do more things than they can (maybe physical- overweight, being behind in typical growth and maturation) If someone feels inferior then they feel that they don"t have what it takes to be helpful and contribute. Child soon develops a desire to compensate and prove themselves from their inferiority (proving superiority) Superiority: competitive, proving themselves: how they develop selish-ness (nothing but an efort to prove superiority)
