Archive for September, 2008

  • Adler’s Theory vs. God’s Truth

    Adler’s Theory vs. God’s Truth

    Adler’s concept of safeguarding tendencies is that symptoms are formed as a protection against anxiety; they are largely conscious and shield a person’s fragile self-esteem from public disgrace. (Feist & Feist, 2006, p. 81) Excuses, aggression, and withdrawal are three common symptoms of these tendencies....

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  • Fromm’s Needs From a Christ Perspective

    Fromm’s Needs From a Christ Perspective

    Blaise Pascal, the famous mathematician and philosopher of the 1600’s is often quoted as saying “There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every person which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator.” Most of us hunger...

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  • Family Relationships and Substance Abuse

    Family Relationships and Substance Abuse

    Alcoholism and alcohol abuse is a growing problem in our society. Daily, people are injured and killed in alcohol-related accidents and this has an effect on each and every person as a result of these occurrences. Whether we are personally involved or have directly suffered...

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  • Fromm’s Needs

    Fromm’s Needs

    Fromm feels that the four needs of mans’ social life are relatedness, frame of reference, identity, and transcendence. Relatedness is a basic need and it states that man needs to feel connected to humanity whether it be friends, family, or activities. It also states that...

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  • Personality Psychology

    Personality Psychology

    The concept of personality is a broad one. The personality theorist has an interest in what individual human beings think, feel and do including how the social situation affects and is affected by the individual. Personality theory is concerned not only with differences between individuals,...

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