Adler's thinking and theory have been criticized as:
a. inconsistent and unsystematic with many gaps and unanswered questions.
b. rigid and exclusive, requiring total allegiance or complete rejection.
c. overly complicated and difficult to understand.
d. so close to Freud's that no significant differences are apparent.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Critics allege that Adler was inconsistent and unsystematic in his thinking and that his theory contains gaps and unanswered questions. 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.
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