Hey Paul,
Yea Paul, you bring up quite a point. Although I kind of disagree with
question 3 being an "ideal" rating, I agree that you have pretty much
found a possible "loophole" to put it lightly. I think that for the
most part this technique would work, because with many people their
rating for question 5 would show their perception of the norm of their
particular group. But I must say that the situation you have brought
up made me think for quite some time and I am not sure I can justly
defend my position.

Now I'd like to mention something that may give you, along with other
people in this group, a reason to somewhat "look down" on me, for lack
of a better term. I am actually 17 years old and a junior in
highschool. I may not seem like I would have much knowlage in such a
subject, but I would like to say I have read 3 books on individual
psychology and a book on Freud. So I hope this won't affect your view
on me too much and I hope to continue posting in here and having
discussions. And I appologize for any lack of knowlage or defending of
"wrong ideas" lol.

-Dustin

--- In classicaladlerianpsychology@yahoogroups.com, P S
<paul_neth@y...> wrote:
> Hello Dustin,
>
> just suppose that all your ratings are, let's say, 10. With the
exception of rating numer 3, more or less one's ideal rating,
if..if..if.. etc. lets say this rating 3 is 95.
> Couldn't you say then that an indication of inferiority would lie in
the difference between the ideal rating and all the others?
>
> Paul
>
>
> Dustin <duey882001@y...> wrote:
>
> Paulina,
> I believe there is a technique that can be used to
determine
> if one feels inferior.You ask a person 5 questions on a scale of 1
to
> 100 and they are as follows: 1. Rate yourself as a total person in
> comparison with other people of your own group; 2. Rate yourself in
> terms of where you think others see you overall; 3. Rate yourself in
> terms of what you think your absolute potential could be, if you had
> all the opportunities in life and all the means needed to achieve
your
> goals; 4. Rate yourself in terms of your future expectations, where
> you think you may be overall in 5 years from now; 5. Rate where you
> would want to be right now, what you think you should be at this
time.
> Now, if you wish you may draw 5 vertical lines on a sheet
of
> paper and actually mark these 5 ratings. Inferiority feelings as
well
> as the inferiority complex are indicated by the extent of the
> difference between the rating on line 1 and line 5. The higher the
> difference, the higher the feeling of inferiority. I hope this
> response isn't too late and I hope it helps.
>
> -Dustin
>
>
>
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