Author Question: Adler used the term social interest to indicate: a. coping behavior. c. community feeling. b. a ... (Read 38 times)

joe · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Adler used the term social interest to indicate:

a. coping behavior.
c. community feeling.
b. a fun-loving aspect of human nature.
d. a unique style of life of the upper classes.

Question 2

Adler proposed the concept of social interest to define:

a. strategies the ego uses to defend itself.
b. states of growth toward which self-actualizers evolve.
c. the innate potential to cooperate with others.
d. the dominant or ruling attitude in people.

akemokai · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Adler believed that getting along with others is the first task we encounter in life. He described this as the concept of social interest, which is the individual's innate potential to cooperate with other people in order to achieve personal and societal goals. Adler's term for this concept in the original German, Gemeinschaftsgefuhl, is best translated as community feeling.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Adler believed that getting along with others is the first task we encounter in life. He described this as the concept of social interest, which is the individual's innate potential to cooperate with other people in order to achieve personal and societal goals.