Which of the following terms did Alfred Adler use for his approach to personality?

a. Individual psychology
c. Community psychology
b. Analytical psychology
d. Social psychology


ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Adler called his approach individual psychology because it focused on the uniqueness of each person and denied the universality of biological motives and goals ascribed to us by Sigmund Freud.

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