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6 years ago
Adler preferred the terms objective goals or unguided self-discovery for the concept of fictional finalism as it is known today.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



Question 2

Adler described his notion of the superiority complex as an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities and accomplishments.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



Question 3

Adler believed that inferiority feelings are a constant motivating force in all behavior.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



Question 4

To Adler, the unconscious, not the conscious, was at the core of personality.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



Question 5

Adler's thinking and theory have been criticized as:
 
  a. inconsistent and unsystematic with many gaps and unanswered questions.
  b. rigid and exclusive, requiring total allegiance or complete rejection.
  c. overly complicated and difficult to understand.
  d. so close to Freud's that no significant differences are apparent.
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(Answer to Q. 1)  ANS: F
FEEDBACK: Adler formalized the concept of fictional finalism as the notion that fictional ideas guide our behavior as we strive toward a complete or whole state of being. Adler preferred the terms subjective final goal or guiding self-ideal to describe this concept, but it continues to be known as fictional finalism.

(Answer to Q. 2)  ANS: T
FEEDBACK: Whatever the source of the inferiority complex, a person may attempt to overcompensate and so develop what Adler called a superiority complex. This involves an exaggerated opinion of one's abilities and accomplishments.

(Answer to Q. 3)  ANS: T
FEEDBACK: Adler believed that inferiority feelings are a constant motivating force in all behavior. To be a human being means to feel oneself inferior, Adler wrote.

(Answer to Q. 4)  ANS: F
FEEDBACK: To Adler, the conscious, not the unconscious, was at the core of personality. Rather than being driven by forces we cannot see and control, we are actively involved in creating our unique selves and directing our own futures.

(Answer to Q. 5)  ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Critics allege that Adler was inconsistent and unsystematic in his thinking and that his theory contains gaps and unanswered questions. Freud charged that Adler's psychology was oversimplified and would appeal to many people because it eliminated the complicated nature of the unconscious, had no difficult concepts, and ignored the problems of sex.
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