Psychology Poster
Sigmund Freud attracted followers and critics that sought to build on his ideas to come up with new personality theories. Alfred Adler is one of the psychologists that disagreed with the ideas that were proposed by Freud, even though he was the first president of his inner circle that was known as the Vienna Psychoanalytical Society. Adler was the first notable theorist to against the ideas that were proposed by Freud. Subsequently, he came up with the school of individual psychology that concentrates on the desire of individuals to cover up inferiority feelings. He introduced the inferiority complex idea in 1937. It follows that an inferiority complex refers to individuals’ feelings that they do not match the standards of society and lack self-worth. Adler’s concept of inferiority represents the main disparity between his ideas and Freud’s theories. Freud held the view that individuals are motivated by aggressive and sexual urges. In contrast, Adler held the position that inferiority feelings in childhood influence individuals to attain superiority, which is the influence behind behaviors, emotions.
Adler’s ideologies were different from Freud’s as he emphasized on the significance of social connections and viewed childhood development through the social development perspective instead of the sexual stages that were proposed by Freud. Adler believed in the interconnectedness of society and the need to work in cohesion for the improvement of all individuals. Adler came up with three main social tasks that all people must experience, which are love tasks, societal tasks, and occupational tasks. Instead of concentration on aggressive or social motives of behavior in the same way with Freud, Adler looked into the social motives. It can be concluded that the proposal of the inferiority complex marked the disagreement between Adler and Freud’s ideas.