Author Question: How did Adler use Hans Vaihingers term fictions? a. He told stories, called fictions, to make ... (Read 65 times)

Cooldude101 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

How did Adler use Hans Vaihingers term fictions?

a. He told stories, called fictions, to make moral points with clients.
b. He told stories, called fictions, to illustrate intricate conceptualizations of the clients problems.
c. He thought that clients bring fictions to sessions because talking about the truth would be too painful.
d. He indicated that clients use fictions about others when they are really talking about themselves, i.e., I have a friend who..
e. He believed that the term fictions provides a good way to describe people's cognitive maps, since they are not reality but constructed out of inner experience, like fictional writing.

Question 2

According to Adlerians, mentally healthy people are those who

a. experienced no trauma before age six so that they developed well-defined personalities and coping mechanisms.
b. have endured adversity and see the world as a harsh and dangerous place.
c. are motivated by deep feelings of incompetence.
d. were the youngest children in their families of origin.
e. see the world as friendly; see themselves as competent; and tend to see opportunity where others see risk.