Wanda Was the Hardest Working Student in Her School

Multiple Choice

Wanda was the hardest working student in her school. At graduation, she was awarded the certificate for perfect attendance throughout high school, and was the only student to have zero absences. She later shared with her teacher that she felt being at school every day could help her overcome feeling that she was not as smart as some of her peers. What might Alfred Adler have said about Wanda?

A) Wanda is the exception to the rule, in that she should have instead displayed an inferiority complex.
B) She most likely is a firstborn child.
C) Her striving for achievement resulted from her earlier feelings of inferiority.
D) She achieved because she never saw herself as inferior, regardless of what happened to her in elementary school.