individual psychology, n.Definitions

Individual psychology (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a science is a contradiction in terms: every individual would need his own manual.

Individual psychology (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never be explained from the individual alone; it is also a contemporary problem, conditioned by history and surroundings.

Individual psychology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Adler's system, stressing the social side of the psyche and grown into a school of social education; the same neurosis can be explained convincingly by Freud or Adler, since everyone has both a power and a sexual instinct.

Individual psychology (n.) gives, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in Freud's account, one diagnosis for every case, like the country spa doctor who told all his peasant patients they were "bewitched" — to their great satisfaction.