individual psychology

individual psychology
in·di·vid·u·al psychology .in-də-'vij-(ə-)wəl-, -'vij-əl- n a modification of psychoanalysis developed by the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler emphasizing feelings of inferiority and a desire for power as the primary motivating forces in human behavior

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Alfred Adler's psychological theory that stresses the role of compensation for feelings of inferiority as the source of psychological and interpersonal problems.

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