PSYC 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Heinz Hartmann, Erogenous Zone, Inferiority Complex
11 Sep 2013
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Book notes: chapter 6 the neo-freudians: alfred adler. Alfred adler: family-society-culture paradigm :: sigmund freud: personality theory. Both founders; provided the core ideas from which their respected disciplines developed and grew. Alfred adler the first social psychological theorist. Emphasis on the social nature of the human animating the theories of sullivan, horney, and. Triad: (1)family, (2)society, (3)culture he saw the family at the center in personality. Neo-freudian defaced but did not destroy the psychoanalytic monument. Rejected instinctual life as the fundamental source of personality and sex as the prime mover. His father was a corn merchant, and his family was well-off. He was the second child of six children (4 boys, 2 girls) At 2: sickly child who suffered from rickets, which makes bones soft. Did poor in school, especially in mathematics but conquered his difficulties. Work: briefly specialized in ophthalmology, then turned to general practice, and finally psychiatry.
