summary of adler's theory of personality

Summary-Adler Adler's work was based on the inferiority complex and the striving for superiority. He felt as though there were many situations within a child's life that could bring about these inferiority feelings. Adler thought that the driving force behind all human actions is the striving for perfection or superiority. Inferiority feelings begin in the infant stage of development with dependency and weaknesses. It then continues in the school setting with teachers' insensitivity. Every child …

…on personality were based on the inferiority feelings and a striving to be superior. The individual's striving to be better than others is caused from many different things throughout the childhood years, and then brought into adulthood. Along with the inferiority complex, birth order was very important in the development of personalities within families of all sizes. Therefore, each personality is unique according to birth order and the circumstances that go along with each family.