What Do the Views of Alfred Adler and Humanistic Psychology

question 178

Multiple Choice

What do the views of Alfred Adler and humanistic psychology have in common?

• A)Emphasis on how people progress through stages of adjustment
• B)Search for a better than normal personality
• C)Effort to understand behavior in terms of unconscious influences
• D)Interest in tracing human behavior back to its animal roots

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