Who is the Personality Theorist who believed that individuals are in the process of 'becoming' and nothing is predetermined?
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Correct answer: B. Alfred Adler
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Adler's teleological view stresses striving towards self-chosen future goals, so a person is always 'becoming' and nothing is fixed by the past.
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