(1922). Psychoanalytic Review, 9:28-39 Some Applications of the Inferiority Complex to Pluralistic Behavior When Alfred Adler departed from the teachings of the Freudian school to develop what he termed individual psychology, he made a particular contribution through the study of the inferiority complex. In developing and stressing the importance of this inferiority complex he was contributing to psychology nothing intrinsically new, but rather setting up a new perspective for the analysis of human behavior. In making use of these psychological theories for the study of social phenomena or pluralistic behavior, the present paper is nothing more ambitious than an attempt to gain a slightly different slant upon some old and well-known reactions and institutions. In a lecture recently Dr. Giddings stated that “the ultimate function of society is to make the individual man more of a man, more adequate in every way.” This is just what the individual possessed of an inferiority complex is striving to do, to make himself more of a man, to secure the maximation of his ego-cons [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
