Author Question: Demosthenes overcame his stutter to become a great orator, and Theodore Roosevelt was sickly but ... (Read 64 times)

altibaby · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Demosthenes overcame his stutter to become a great orator, and Theodore Roosevelt was sickly but later became a model of physical fitness. These are two good examples of:

a. famous but inferior leaders.
c. overcoming organic inferiority.
b. a depressive complex.
d. a superiority complex.

Question 2

Adler argued that a person having defective body parts:

a. becomes sexually defective.
b. lacks a high level of intelligence.
c. compensates by shaping his or her personality well.
d. avoids any technological support.

tmlewis4706 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: A child who is physically weak might focus on that weakness and work to develop superior athletic ability. In ancient times, the Greek statesman Demosthenes overcame a stutter to become a great orator. The sickly Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, became a model of physical fitness as an adult. Efforts to overcome organic inferiority can result in striking artistic, athletic, and social accomplishments.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Adler argued that defective parts or organs of the body shape personality through the person's efforts to compensate for the defect or weakness, just as Adler compensated for rickets, the physical inferiority of his childhood years.