PSYB30H3 Lecture 20: Thorough Notes on Lecture 20
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Lecture 20 - 2nd half of myth & narrative. Earliest memories & style of life: style of life. the individual"s unique interpretation of his or her own inferiority, and the pattern of goal striving undertaken to overcome this feeling. all of us have our own feeling of inferiority and we come up with our own way to deal with that inferiority. adler believed that the best way to become acquainted with another person"s style of life is to ask them about their earliest memories (first things in life we remember: earliest memories. they express the style with which we handle our sense of inferiority. it doesn"t matter if this memory is real or construed, what matters is that when asked what"s the earliest thing you remember, this memory is the one you bring up. The fact that it"s the first thing you say is what"s revealing.
