Alfred Adler
<p ><b>Alfred W. Adler</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >æ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >d</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >l</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ər</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> <small>German:</small> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_German" title="Help:IPA for German" >[ˈaːdlɐ]</a>; February 5, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" title="Austria" >Austrian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician" title="Physician" >medical doctor</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotherapist" title="Psychotherapist" class="mw-redirect" >psychotherapist</a>, and founder of the school of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_psychology" title="Individual psychology" >individual psychology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> His emphasis on the importance of feelings of inferiority<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler#cite_note-4" >[4]</a></sup>—the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferiority_complex" title="Inferiority complex" >inferiority complex</a>—is recognized as isolating an element which plays a key role in personality development.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler#cite_note-5" >[5]</a></sup> Alfred Adler considered human beings as an individual whole, therefore he called his psychology "Individual Psychology" (Orgler 1976).
Adler was the first to emphasize the importance of the social element in the re-adjustment process of the individual and who carried psychiatry into the community.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Adler#cite_note-6" >[6]</a></sup></p>