10 power point Flashcards
Gordan Allport theories
Continuity theories vs. discontinuity theories
Personality is
Dynamic Organized Psychophysical Determined Characteristic
Trait
Neuropsychic structures within a person that influence behavior; they are not simply labels we use to describe or classify behaviors
Common traits
hypothetical constructs that permit us to make comparisons between individuals
Personal dispositions
unique to each person
Cardinal: so pervasive that they influence almost every behavior of an individual
Central: highly characteristic of individual
Secondary: specific, focused tendencies
Central dispositions
express essential characteristics
5-10 necessary to describe a person
Proprium
Central experiences of self-awareness that people have as they grow and move forward
Functional autonomy
implies that adult motivation is not necessarily tied to the past
Two types of Functional Autonomy
Perseverative functional autonomy
Propriate functional autonomy
Allport’s propriate functions
- bodily self
- self identity
- self esteem
- self extension
- self image
- self as rational coper
- propriate striving
bodily self
knowing one’s body and its limits
self identity
awareness of inner sameness and continuity
self esteem
pride in the ability to do things
self extension
sense of possession and valuing of others
self image
sense of measuring up to expectations of others
self as rational coper
sense of self as active problem solving agent
propriate striving
development of long term purposes and goals