PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Extraversion And Introversion, Collective Unconscious
Document Summary
Inferiority is the hallmark of human condition: all people have this sense of inferiority but people differ in what they feel inferior about and to what extent. Organism inferiority --> masculine protest --> striving for superiority. Tension between inferiority, and the measures we take to overcome it (superiority). Has to deal with very intense feelings of inferiority. The neurotic person has this strong feeling of inferiority and is preoccupied with it. Has this tendency to try to protect oneself from threat. Various strategies that are used to protect self. Rationalizing strategies using one"s own symptoms to explain why they can"t face one"s life challenges/demand a way of excusing him/herself from the challenges of life ex: acne. Agressive strategies devaluating oneself to gain sympathy from other blaming others, devaluating others. Distancing efforts to restrict one"s participation in life you don"t have the possibility of failing.
