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We sometimes hear these expressions used to describe certain personality traits of people we know, but what do they actually mean? Inferiority Complex: An acute feeling of inferiority, often resulting in shyness or (through compensation) exaggerated aggressiveness. Superiority Complex: An exaggerated feeling of being superior to others. A psychological defense mechanism which allows an individual to overcome or conceal [...]

Alfred Adler (1870 – 1937) was a doctor and psychologist. He was one of the founder members of the psychoanalytic movement along with Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Like Jung, Adler eventually developed his own theories which he called Individual Psychology and broke away from the psychoanalytic movement. Freud had accused him of being contrary [...]