Alfred Adler's Theory Of Personality

Alfred Adler, a psychoanalytical-social theorist strongly believed personality developed on a much more intimate and individual basis than many of the other personality psychologists of his time. According to the Adler Graduate School (2016), “Adler developed the first holistic theory of personality, psychopathology, and psychotherapy that was intimately connected to a humanistic philosophy of living” (para. 1). His theory of individual psychology emphasizes the social perspective of personality and the significant distinctions between individuals. Basically, “each person’s sense of what is negative and what would be more positive emerges in a unique and personal way” (Cloninger, 2013, p. 71).
While Adler agreed with many of his fellow psychologists,