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Title: World Famous Psychologist Speaks On "Superiority Complex" at S. F. Seminary
Description: San Anselmo Herald (running head: Marin Herald), San Anselmo, Calif., 8 February 1929, p. 4. Unsigned report of Alfred Adler's lecture on the superiority complex before Marin residents at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, on the morning of Wednesday 6 February 1929; the three types of children (organically imperfect, pampered, hated).
Author: Periodista sin firma
URL: https://adler.school/archivo/adler/cronicas/original/1929-02-08%20World%20Famous%20Psychologist%20Speaks%20On%20Superiority%20Complex%20at%20S.%20F.%20Seminary
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# World Famous Psychologist Speaks On "Superiority Complex" at S. F. Seminary

Professor Alfred Adler, distinguished psychologist of Vienna, spoke on "Superiority Complex"' before a large group of Marin residents at the San Francisco Theological Seminary on Wednesday morning. He was presented by Professor Lynn T. White of the Seminary, who led the opening services and the closing prayer.

In speaking of the superiority complex, Professor Adler stated that the condition is a result of an attempt to compensate and hide a greater feeling of inferiority. He said that it is a common human mistake to develop a feeling of inferiority into a superiority complex.

This condition is found in three types of children, Professor Adler stated, the organically imperfect child who becomes too much occupied with himself, and not enough interested in others; the pampered and petted child, who is shielded and supported and deprived of training which will in later life enable him to meet situations; and the hated child including orphans, illegitimate and not wanted children. The last type, he said, grows up without mother love and care and has little confidence in human beings. The socially adjusted people are always the best parents and teachers of children, Professor Adler said.

In summinng [sic] up the important parts of his speech, Professor Adler stated that "Superiority is always an attempt to hide, in a seemingly easy manner, a gross feeling of inferiority.

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*Fuente:* "World Famous Psychologist Speaks On 'Superiority Complex' at S. F. Seminary", *San Anselmo Herald* (the page's running head reads "Marin Herald, San Anselmo, California"), Friday, 8 February 1929, p. 4, cols. 3-4, unsigned. Transcribed from the page image of the California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC, SAH19290208.1.4); the CDNC OCR, mixed with the neighbouring columns, was used only for orientation. The whole piece is legible. The stray apostrophe after "Superiority Complex" and the missing closing quotation mark at the end are as printed.