All of the following are criticisms of Adler's system except that:
a. it is overly simple.
b. it relies too much on commonsense observations.
c. it emphasizes past behavior and excludes goals and aspirations.
d. it eliminates the complicated nature of the unconscious.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Freud charged that Adler's psychology was oversimplified and would appeal to many people because it eliminated the complicated nature of the unconscious, had no difficult concepts, and ignored the problems of sex. A related charge is that Adler's concepts appear to rely heavily on commonsense observations from everyday life.
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