Presented by: Jake Metz and Megan Wolberg Alfred Adler The grandfather of humanistic psychology Presented by: Jake Metz and Megan Wolberg

The basics Alfred Adler was born February 7, 1870 in Pen zing, Austria He was born to a Jewish grain merchant. Who was very supportive throughout Adler’s sickness. As a young child Adler developed Rickets, which kept the very active child from walking, because of this, he decided to become a physician.

The beginning… Adler’s father was one of his earliest influence, because of his father he became determined to excel. He was good at math. Adler successfully earned his medical degree graduating from the University of Vienna, in 1895. He began his medical career as an ophthalmologist

Psychology At first he studied with Sigmund Freud, but Adler rejected Freud's emphasis on sex, and maintained that personality difficulties are rooted in a feeling of inferiority deriving from restrictions on the individual's need for self-assertion. He came to view Freud inflexible in his views and obsessed with sex and death, so he started a new branch in psychology that he called individual psychology.

Individual psychology He studied individual personalities by interviewing and studying one person at a time. Was interested in this field of study because Alfred felt each person was unique and no previous theory applied to all people.

Major Discoveries He basically discovered/founded Individual psychology Alfred came up with the term inferiority complex "We all wish to overcome difficulties. We all strive to reach a goal by the attainment of which we shall feel strong, superior, and complete" He also discovered that birth order had a lot to do with personality and how a person turned out to be (lifestyle)

His Literature And Many more… Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation Individual Psychology Of Alfred Adler Case Of Miss R Social Interest Menschenkenntnis What Life Could Mean to You And Many more…

Influence on modern psychology He taught us that everyone is different. He greatly influenced therapy and child development He also influenced important psychologists such as… Maslow, Rogers, and Horney

My Citations "Alfred Adler." My Webspace Files. Web. 16 Sept. 2010. <http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/adler.html>. "Alfred Adler." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 16 Sept. 2010. <http://www.nndb.com/people/256/000097962/>.