Alfred Adler Institute Of Northwestern Washington: 7 books

In criminals, social interest is deeply disturbed, or in some cases non-existent. Not interested in others, he can cooperate only to a certain degree. When this level is exhausted, and a problem is too difficult for him, he turns to crime. Chapter XXIII from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler" - Volume 6 (11 pages).

Feeling valuable results from a successful contribution to others and is the only direction in which the average inferiority feelings of people experience a successful compensation. To be valuable means to have contributed. Thus, human happiness can be found only in applied social interest. Chapter XXIV from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler" - Volume 6 (8 pages).

When correctly understood in relation to the rest of an individual's life, early recollections (although often imagined) contain the central interests of that person. They give us valuable hints and clues in finding the direction of a person's striving and style of life. Chapter XXVI from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler" - Volume 7 (4 pages).

Every individual strives for completeness. Variations are the striving for perfection, superiority, and power, yielding different degress of social usefulness. The basic direction of human evolution is social feeling which needs social understanding in order to develop. Chapter XXVI from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler" - Volume 7 (4 pages)

Adler explores the difficulties facing oldest, second, youngest, and only children in a family. He also illustrates the influences of pampering, dethronement, and sexual roles. Chapter XXV from "The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler" - Volume 7 (14 pages).