PSY 035 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gamesmanship, Psych, Collective Unconscious
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Social (believed this was the most important one) Trouble arose when people distance from these challenges. Quantitative (the more you miss the mark of completing a challenge, the more neurotic you become) Adler believed each man and woman had attributes of the opposite sex. These attributes should be embraced and in balance, not quelled or crushed. Strategies to move farther away or abandon a goal. Lies and fictions help a person to avoid the challenges of life. He thought the idea of having an only child was a mistake because the child would be selfish and not develop good social interest. (cid:862)coward(cid:863) adler would tell his patients to stop being cowards in therapy. Both of these challenges must be met with social interest: Sexual challenge the relationship must be equal, not with a dominant and a subservient. A major reason people cope: drugs and alcohol. This is a type of fiction, a winning by losing.