PSY 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inferiority Complex, Teleology, Birth Order
28 Jun 2016
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Born feb 1870 in a small village near vienna. Though, eventually grew up to be vigorous and adventuresome. In 1902 invited by freud to join what would later become the vienna. In feb, of 1911 was challenged by freud to defend his diverging views. Forced out of the society later that year. In 1912 established the society for individual psychology. The period from 1920 to 1933 was highly creative. Books and lectures brought him recognition on a national scale. Died of a heart attack in 1937 while on a 56-lecture tour in europe. The pillar of his theory: feelings of inferiority. Seen as an always present motivating force in behaviors. It is not a sign of weakness or abnormality. The process begins infancy child is aware of his/her parents as having more power. Feelings of inferiority are a function of the environment they are inescapable.
