Which neo-Freudian was known for emphasizing birth order and the inferiority complex?

• A. Alfred Adler
• B. Carl Jung
• C. Karen Horney
• D. Sigmund Freud

Answer: (A)

Alfred Adler is the one who emphasized birth order and the inferiority complex. He developed individual psychology, highlighting how feelings of inferiority arise in childhood and motivate people to strive for superiority or mastery. Adler also argued that a person’s birth position in the family—oldest, middle, youngest, or only child—helps shape personality through different family dynamics and ways of seeking significance or belonging.

Carl Jung is known for concepts like the collective unconscious and psychological types. Karen Horney focused on basic anxiety, coping styles, and sociocultural influences on personality. Sigmund Freud founded psychoanalysis and emphasized psychosexual development and unconscious drives.