Running head: ALDERIAN THEORY 1 Unit 2 Assignment: Adlerian Theory, Lifestyle, and Motivation Jasmine Azeem Columbia College 2 ALDERIAN THEORY Jasmine Azeem Adlerian Theory, Lifestyle, and Motivation Define Lifestyle from IP perspective From an individual psychology perspective, lifestyle is each person’s different way of thinking, feeling, and seeing life. This definition shows how Adler views personality development. Lifestyle is a stage in each individual’s life: birth, growth, achieve maturity, suffers loss, succeed and fail, and die. In the stages of lifestyle, we as humans are both the receiver and the creator of our world. Children have their curiosities and viewpoints of the world. During this stage, children were to watch how other individuals think, feel, and act throughout their life (Mosak and Maniacci, 1999). For example, a mother drops a cup of coffee on her legs and yells a swear word, “damn.” The child uses the word “damn,” and his mother puts him in the corner. The mother sends an unclear message to the children not to swear. This story shows how individuals are affected by their perceptions and learning. Also, our lifestyle is a set of rules that guide our way of thinking, feeling, and seeing the world. Lifestyle is not just about the stages of life; there are rules that we learn from internally and externally. As humans, we receive information and data from our environment and our bodies. When receiving that data, lifestyle is the main key t ...
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