According to Alfred Adler, why was the Cinderella story so popular for so long?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: The fairy tale remained popular because it was an example of a powerful childish expectation of a better outcome, a form of personal liberation from humiliation and pain caused by Cinderella’s stepmother.
Learning Objective: 4-2: Summarize the key theories of Freud, Adler, and Jung.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Degeneration, Neurosis, Genius

Psychology

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