Subjectivity and Individual Psychology

Abstract

ABSTRACT:Individual Psychology represents a subjective psychology. This article examines Adler’s Individual Psychology conceptualization of subjectivity. Adler emphasized that individuals’ creative power engenders subjective processes that generate lifestyle and guide individuals’ perceptions and actions through life. The article integrates concepts related to subjectivity, including apperception, perception, point of view, private logic, goals, lifestyle, theory of use, early recollections, relationships, and the law of movement. The discussion emphasizes the theoretical and practical view of subjectivity in Individual Psychology. It suggests understanding subjectivity as a theoretical concept and as a functional constituent of lifestyle that connects cognition and personal goals and strategies, guiding individuals’ movement in life.