According to Adler, what are the origins of social interest?
a. Like introverts and extroverts, people must be born with social interest.
b. People are not born with social interest; they learn it from their parents.
c. Social interest is a category of vocational personality.
d. Social interest is an innate aptitude that develops with positive life experiences.
e. Improvement in one area of social interest invariably results in problems in some other area.
Question 2
How did Adlers attitude about human beings compare with Freud's?
a. Freud focused on human beings wishes and unique interpretations of their lives whereas Adler was more focused on unconscious motivations for what humans do.
b. Freud had a more positive view of human nature than did Adler.
c. Adler had a more positive view of human nature than did Freud.
d. Adler focused his conceptualizations of human misery on internal sexual conflicts whereas Freud had a broader view.
e. Freud was concerned with social interest as an aspect of mental health whereas Adler saw no need to address that aspect of a clients life.
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