Reaction paper about Alfred Adler’s theory

Alfred Adler’s theory of individuality, our feelings of inferiority it is our

innate drive that makes us compensate for our physical inferiorities. But I
disagree on this because not everyone who strives for superiority , actually
experience a feelings of inferiority , say for instance in your home, if your
mother compared you to your sister and said that “You should be more like
your sister”, you will actually feel a drive to strive for superiority. The
difference is there is no feelings of inferiority present, you strive you
superiority because you felt a challenge to be more than what you are
sister could be so that you’re mother wont compare you to her again.
I also agree with the concept of fictional finalism because we do set our
ultimate goals In life that we follow and that motivates us to strive more
until we reach that final goal. I also agree that our lifestyle is a pattern of
behaviours that we do consistently.
I also agree that our personality is created by our selves, that our free will is
what enables us to shape our personality and behaviours, while as to Freud
our personality and behaviour is shaped from our childhood and also
depending on how our parents interact with us in our childhood. However
the concept of creative power is merely a fiction and cannot be
scientifically studied. Due to the lack of operational definitions, individual
psychology is rated low on internal consistency.
I also agree with his concept of social interest that we all have an innate
potential to cooperate with other members of the society in order for us to
attain our goals whether personal or societal, because according to John
Donne, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
continent”. Also in keeping with his holism, it is easy to see that anyone
“striving for perfection” can hardly do so without considering his or her
social environment. As social animals, we simply don’t exist, much less
thrive, without others, and even the most resolute people-hater forms that
hatred in a social context, this is according to Dr. C. George Boeree.
John Carlo H. Amolato Ab-psychology