Adler argued that a person having defective body parts:
a. becomes sexually defective.
b. lacks a high level of intelligence.
c. compensates by shaping his or her personality well.
d. avoids any technological support.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Adler argued that defective parts or organs of the body shape personality through the person's efforts to compensate for the defect or weakness, just as Adler compensated for rickets, the physical inferiority of his childhood years.
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