Understanding Human Nature · the Psychology of Personality by Adler, Colin Brett Alfred -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Contents FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

1 WHAT IS THE PSYCHE?

The concept of consciousness The function of the psyche Our purpose and goal-directedness

2 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL LIFE

The absolute truth The need for communal life Security and adaptation Social feeling

3 THE CHILD AND SOCIETY

Infancy The effect of obstacles The individual as a social being

4 THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Our mental universe The way we see the world

Perception Memory Imagination

5 ASPECTS OF UNREALITY

Fantasy Dreams: general considerations Empathy and identification Influence, suggestion and hypnosis

6 THE INFERIORITY COMPLEX

Early childhood Compensation: The striving for recognition and superiority The graph of life and the cosmic picture

7 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Preparation for life Attention and distraction Criminal negligence and forgetfulness The unconscious Dreams Intelligence

8 MALE AND FEMALE

Men, women and the division of labour Male dominance The alleged inferiority of women Rejecting the woman’s role Tension between the sexes What can we do?

9 THE FAMILY CONSTELLATION

PART TWO: THE SCIENCE OF CHARACTER

10 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

How do we become who we are? Social feeling, community spirit and the development of character How character develops The old school of psychology Temperament and endocrine secretion To sum up

11 AGGRESSIVE CHARACTER TRAITS

Vanity and ambition Playing God Jealousy Envy Greed Hate

12 NON-AGGRESSIVE CHARACTER TRAITS

Withdrawal Anxiety Timidity The detour syndrome Absence of social graces

13 OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF CHARACTER

Mood and temperament Manner of speech Schoolroom behaviour Pedantry and prejudice Submissiveness Imperiousness Bad luck Religiosity

14 FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS

Disjunctive feelings

Anger Grief Disgust Fear The misuse of emotion

Conjunctive feelings

Joy Sympathy Humility

15 GENERAL REMARKS ON CHILD-REARING AND EDUCATION

CONCLUSION GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX