Alfred Adler

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This in-depth paper explores the father of individual psychology, Alfred Adler. The writer of this paper discusses Adler's life, career and many accomplishments in psychology. Adler was the first theorist to emphasize the fundamental social nature of people and stressed that the motivating force in human life is the sense of inferiority, which begins as soon as an infant is able to comprehend the existence of other people who are better able to care for themselves and cope with their environment.

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"In 1907 Adler published his "Study on Organ Inferiority", thus providing a biological foundation for depth psychology and also making an independent contribution to psychosomatic medicine. The key concept in Adlers's "Study" is that of compensation and overcompensation with regard to physical and intellectual deficiencies, a central issue in his later works. Freud welcomed this original approach and tried to incorporate it in his psychoanalytic system."

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