PSY230H1 Chapter Notes -The Climax, Achievement Orientation, Teleology
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Alfred adler chose the term individual psychology for his conception of personality because he was interested in investigating the uniqueness of the person. According to adler, we are motivated by social interest and our primary life problems are social ones. The human person emerged as a social and cultural creature rather a sexual one. Driven by certain innate instincts, drives or needs such as the impulses to maintain life and to reproduce. Human beings deny or disobey their natural instincts because of their social relations. Social interests: refers to that urge in human nature to adapt onself to the conditions of the social environment. The movement of all living things is governed by goals. If we know a person"s goals we begin to understand in a general way the individual"s behaviour. Adler agreed with jung that teleology is necessary to fully understand personality. Finalism: the goal that the individual pursues in the decisive factor in personality.
