Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler was an Austrian physician and psychotherapist who founded individual psychology, emphasizing feelings of inferiority, social interest, and the drive for significance in human behavior.


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instanceOf founder of a school of psychology
person
physician
psychiatrist
psychologist
psychotherapist
academicDegree Doctor of Medicine
causeOfDeath heart attack
myocardial infarction
citizenship Austria
Austria-Hungary
United States of America
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Scotland
dateOfBirth 1870-02-07
dateOfDeath 1937-05-28
educatedAt University of Vienna
ethnicGroup Austrian Jews
familyName Adler
fieldOfWork individual psychology
psychiatry
psychology
psychotherapy
founded individual psychology
fullName Alfred Adler
gender male
givenName Alfred
influenced Rudolf Dreikurs
Viktor Frankl
counseling psychology
humanistic psychology
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche
Sigmund Freud
knownFor concept of inferiority complex
emphasis on birth order in personality development
emphasis on social interest
founding individual psychology
holistic view of the individual
theory of striving for superiority
language English
German
memberOf Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
movement individual psychology
notableIdea creative self
fictional finalism
importance of birth order
inferiority complex
social interest (Gemeinschaftsgefühl)
striving for superiority
style of life
numberOfChildren 4
occupation physician
psychiatrist
psychologist
psychotherapist
placeOfBirth Rudolfsheim
Vienna
placeOfDeath Aberdeen
religion Judaism
residence New York City
Vienna
spouse Raissa Timofeyevna Epstein
workedWith Sigmund Freud
wrote The Neurotic Constitution
The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology
Understanding Human Nature
What Life Could Mean to You

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