"Lack of social concern is, for Adler, the very definition of mental illness. All problems in life are due to a lack in social interest." (http://www.alfredadler.org/book_review.htm par 4) Dr. C. George Boeree says in stage three of Erikson's theory of development "Too much initiative and too little guilt means a maladaptive tendency Erikson calls ruthlessness. The ruthless person takes the initiative alright It's just that they don't care who they step on to achieve their goals .The extreme of ruthlessness is sociopathy". http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.html One must keep in mind that lack of social concern is for Adler the very definition of mental illness. This ruthlessness and lack of social concern, begins quite early in persons
"Lack of social concern is, for Adler, the very definition of mental illness. All problems in life are due to a lack in social interest." (http://www.alfredadler.org/book_review.htm par 4) Dr. C. George Boeree says in stage three of Erikson's theory of development "Too much initiative and too little guilt means a maladaptive tendency Erikson calls ruthlessness. The ruthless person takes the initiative alright It's just that they don't care who they step on to achieve their goals .The extreme of ruthlessness is sociopathy". http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.html One must keep in mind that lack of social concern is for Adler the very definition of mental illness. This ruthlessness and lack of social concern, begins quite early in persons