Personality Worksheet On Alfred Adler Due Mon

Personality Worksheet On Alfred Adler Due Thursday Feb 22nd, 2001

Name ____________

Directions : This worksheet directs you to a very large internet site devoted to Alfred Adler and Individual Personality.

Go to : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein/adler.htm

This page contains a short, yet detailed biography of Alfred Adler.

1.What happened when Alfred was five which caused him to become a doctor ?

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2.Where was Alfred in the sibling order of his family ?

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3.What One statement which his father told him had the effect of encouraging skepticism and seek his own answers ?

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4.In 1898, what important theoretical point concerning human nature did Adler publish ?

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5.What other fundamental Adlerian theory was first introduced in 1907 ?

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6.Why did Freud and Adler part ways ?

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7.How do these researchers define Adler’s concept of Individual Personality ?

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8.What type of clinics did Adler set up, following World War I ?

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9.Can you recall what Freud’s position was on treating children from psychological disturbances ?

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Now, click on Back to the Adlerian Institute Home Page button at bottom left of page.

10.What Institute is represented by this home page and where is the Institute physically located ?

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11.How do they define Classical Adlerian Psychology ?

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12.What do they feel is the important difference between Adlerian Psyhcology and other forms of psychology ?

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13. Click on One of the two uses of the Socratic method in the DEMONSTRATIONS section.

Which one did you select ?

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14. Now, read the interchange between the therapist and the client ?

What is the main issue under discussion ?

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15.Who does the therapist interact with Client ? Give two specific examples .

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B.________________________________________________________.

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1.How does the therapist try to encourage a sense of community ?

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2.Who has to provide the answers within this client- therapist relationship?

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3.After reading this, what do you believe are the key factors in conducting good, Adlerian therapy ?

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4.Do you believe that you would make a good Adlerian Therapist ?

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5.What do you believe to be the major difference between Psychoanalysis and Individual Personality ?

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