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Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”

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Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”

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Movies have played an important role in people's lives for a very long time. This has also been reflected in scientific studies. In the science of psychology, films are used to understand the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals and to see them in a concrete way. In this study, it is aimed to concretize the basic concepts of individual psychology through film analysis and to examine their reflections on disadvantaged situations. Document analysis was used as a method in the research. In this context, the movie "Front of the Class", directed by Peter Werner and written by Thomas Rickman, Brad Cohen, and Lisa Wysocky, based on a real-life story and released in 2008, was analyzed. The movie is about the childhood, family life, and professional life of the protagonist, Brad Cohen, who has Tourette Syndrome. Brad Cohen's life was analyzed according to the basic concepts of individual psychology: social interest, feelings of inferiority and striving for superiority, lifestyle, life tasks, sibling relationships and birth order, family integrity, first memories, fictional finalism, and creative self. The findings of the study showed that Brad's social interest was high. He coped with the sense of inferiority triggered by Tourette Syndrome in a healthy way by not allowing Tourette Syndrome to shape his life in a negative way and displayed an effort of superiority. He determined a self-confident and active lifestyle. He fulfilled all his life tasks by developing social relationships with other people, establishing romantic relationships, and acquiring a profession. He adopted a fictional finalism to overcome Tourette Syndrome and revealed his creative self to realize this goal. In conclusion, the analysis of the movie “Front of the Class” offers a theoretical perspective that can be used as an effective educational resource. The movie can function as an educational material.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Etik Beyan

Araştırma Etiği Bu araştırmanın planlanmasından, uygulanmasına, verilerin toplanmasından verilerin analizine kadar olan tüm süreçte “Yükseköğretim Kurumları Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Yönergesi” kapsamında uyulması belirtilen tüm kurallara uyulmuştur. Yönergenin ikinci bölümü olan “Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiğine Aykırı Eylemler” başlığı altında belirtilen eylemlerden hiçbiri gerçekleştirilmemiştir. Bu çalışmanın yazım sürecinde bilimsel, etik ve alıntı kurallarına uyulmuş; toplanan veriler üzerinde herhangi bir tahrifat yapılmamış ve bu çalışma herhangi başka bir akademik yayın ortamına değerlendirme için gönderilmemiştir. Etik kurul izin bilgileri Çalışma doküman inceleme çalışması olduğu için Etik Kurul İzni alınmasını gerektiren çalışmalar grubunda yer almamaktadır. Bu nedenle Etik Kurul İzni beyan edilmemiştir.

Kaynakça

  1. Adler, A. (1931). What life should mean to you. Putnam.
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Eğitimin Psikolojik Temelleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mayıs 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

27 Temmuz 2024

Kabul Tarihi

20 Mart 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Aslan, E., & Sarı, T. (2025). Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”. Kocaeli Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi, 8(1), 227-247. https://doi.org/10.33400/kuje.1523081
AMA
1.Aslan E, Sarı T. Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”. KUJE. 2025;8(1):227-247. doi:10.33400/kuje.1523081
Chicago
Aslan, Emre, ve Tuğba Sarı. 2025. “Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie ‘Front of the Class’”. Kocaeli Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi 8 (1): 227-47. https://doi.org/10.33400/kuje.1523081.
EndNote
Aslan E, Sarı T (01 Mayıs 2025) Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”. Kocaeli Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi 8 1 227–247.
IEEE
[1]E. Aslan ve T. Sarı, “Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie ‘Front of the Class’”, KUJE, c. 8, sy 1, ss. 227–247, May. 2025, doi: 10.33400/kuje.1523081.
ISNAD
Aslan, Emre - Sarı, Tuğba. “Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie ‘Front of the Class’”. Kocaeli Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi 8/1 (01 Mayıs 2025): 227-247. https://doi.org/10.33400/kuje.1523081.
JAMA
1.Aslan E, Sarı T. Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”. KUJE. 2025;8:227–247.
MLA
Aslan, Emre, ve Tuğba Sarı. “Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie ‘Front of the Class’”. Kocaeli Üniversitesi Eğitim Dergisi, c. 8, sy 1, Mayıs 2025, ss. 227-4, doi:10.33400/kuje.1523081.
Vancouver
1.Emre Aslan, Tuğba Sarı. Adler’s individual psychology approach and disadvantaged situations: An analysis of the movie “Front of the Class”. KUJE. 01 Mayıs 2025;8(1):227-4. doi:10.33400/kuje.1523081



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