What philosophy is Adlerian psychology aligned with?
Greek philosophy
Who proposed an individual psychology after splitting from Freud?
Alfred Adler
What is the fundamental view of the past in Adlerian psychology?
The past does not exist
What does Adlerian psychology focus on instead of events in the past?
Present goals
Thinking about present goals as the explanation instead of past causes is an example of?
Teleology
What is the study of the purpose of a phenomenon rather than its cause?
Teleology
What is the Adlerian psychology standpoint on what traumas are (that is held adamantly)?
Past traumas do not (even) exist
What is the meaning of past traumas (which do not really even exist) in Adlerian psychology?
The meaning we give them
Anger is just an example of what according to Adlerian psychology?
A tool that can be used to achieve a present goal
What are two goals that anger might be fabricated for according to Adlerian psychology?
Asserting an opinion, making a person submit
Rather than being driven by past causes, according to Adlerian psychology, people do what?
Move toward present goals
How should you get answers according to the philosopher who talked about Adlerian psychology?
Arrive to them yourself
What should you do if you are unable to feel happy as you are according to Adlerian psychology?
Make a decision to choose a different lifestyle
What term in Adlerian psychology is the tendencies of thought and action of a person in life?
Lifestyle
What is the concept called in Adlerian psychology that is similar to personality or disposition?
Lifestyle
If you are unhappy as you are now, yet are scared of the uncertainty following if you choose to change, it is essentially what that is stopping you from being happy?
Lack of courage
What simple point is made to argue that the rest of your life is determined in the current moment?
The past does not exist
What is the main point to accept to understand why it is necessary to think in terms of teleology rather than Freudian etiology (Adlerian psychology)?
People can change
What concept is more suited to reasoning about things than looking for past traumas or causes from the standpoint of Adlerian psychology?
Teleology
Where and when can a person change (choose a different lifestyle) according to Adlerian psychology?
At any time and in any environment
According to Adlerian psychology, at what age does a person typically choose their lifestyle?
10
What term in Adlerian psychology could be taken to mean a person's worldview and outlook on life?
Lifestyle
In a broad sense, what term from Adlerian psychology also means how one sees themself and the world?
Lifestyle
What is the approach used in Adlerian psychology that helps a person to accept themselves as they are currently and then gain the courage to move forward?
Encouragement
How is the lifestyle of a person determined according to Adlerian psychology?
They choose it
What phrase might describe advice that it is better to try, fail, grow, and move on than be afraid to try?
Strong medicine
What is the way a person could eliminate all of their problems according to Adlerian psychology?
Live alone in the universe
If being alone is not what makes you feel lonely, what is it that makes you feel lonely?
Feeling excluded from people around you
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