Allport

Question 1

Behavior is determined by relatively stable traits which are the fundamental units of one’s personality

Answer 1

Trait Approach

Question 2

Individuals are not considered to be prisoners of their childhood conflicts and past experiences, rather they are guided by the present and view in the future

Answer 2

Historical determinism

Question 3

Personality is the ____ ____ within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine the characteristic _____ and ____

Answer 3

dynamic organization
behavior and thought

Question 4

5 characteristics of traits

Answer 4

1. Traits are real and exist within each of us.
2. Traits determine or cause behavior.
3. Traits can be demonstrated empirically.
4. Traits are interrelated;they may overlap, even though they represent different characteristics.
5. Traits vary with the situation.

Question 5

The Latin word humor means

Answer 5

Body fluids

Question 6

Gallen saw the direct connection between the _____ __ _____ in the body, _____ and _____ inclinations

Answer 6

Levels of humors, emotional and behavioral

Question 7

Who proposed the three body types in which traits are dependent on these?

Answer 7

William Sheldon

Question 8

Give the 5 qualities of ectomorph

Answer 8

Inhibited
Apprehensive
Intellectual
Introverted
Self-conscious

Question 9

Give the 5 qualities of mesomorph

Answer 9

Energetic
Competitive
Aggressive
Bold
Athlete

Question 10

Give the 3 qualities of endomorph

Answer 10

Sociable
Relax
Affectionate

Question 11

Trait- A _____ _____, ______, and _____ internal characteristic that us inferred from a pattern of behaviors, attitudes, feeling, and habits in the individual.

Answer 11

Relatively stable, consistent, and enduring

Question 12

Two types of traits

Answer 12

Personal disposition
Traits

Question 13

Traits that are peculiar to an individual

Answer 13

Personal disposition

Question 14

Types of individual traits or personal disposition

Answer 14

A. Cardinal traits
B. Central traits
C. Secondary traits

Question 15

The most pervasive and powerful that dominates human behavior

Answer 15

Cardinal traits

Question 16

Some 5-10 themes that best describe our behavior.

Answer 16

Central traits

Question 17

The least important traits, which a person may display inconspicuously and inconsistently.

Answer 17

Secondary traits

Question 18

Shared by a number of people, such as the members of a culture.

Answer 18

Traits

Question 19

May combine to form a single unit.

Answer 19

Habits

Question 20

Have a specific objects of reference and involve either positive or negative evaluations.

Answer 20

Attitudes

Question 21

A general principle of motivation stating that during the performance
of purposeful, goal-oriented behavior, various derivative drives emerge as independent units from the original
drive that inspired the behavior.

Answer 21

Functional Autonomy

Question 22

Two levels of functional autonomy

Answer 22

Perseverative functional autonomy
Propriate functional autonomy

Question 23

The level of functional autonomy that relates to low-level and routine behaviors

Answer 23

Perseverative functional autonomy

Question 24

The level of functional autonomy that relates to our values, self-image, and lifestyle.

Answer 24

Propriate functional autonomy

Question 25

The word proprium means

Answer 25

Ego or self

Question 26

Propriate functional autonomy is governed by three principles:

Answer 26

1. Organising the energy level 2. Mastery and competence 3. Propriate patterning

Question 27

Aspects of personality that are distinctive and thus appropriate to our emotional life.

Answer 27

Proprium

Question 28

Children realize that their identity remains intact despite the many changes that are taking place

Answer 28

Self-identity

Question 29

Stages 1-3 emerge during the first three years. In this stage, infants become aware of their own existence and distinguish their own bodies from objects in the environment.

Answer 29

Bodies self

Question 30

Children develop actual and idealized images of themselves and their behavior and become aware of satisfying or failing to satisfy parental expectations.

Answer 30

Self-image

Question 31

Stages 4 and 5 emerge during the fourth through sixth year. In this stage, children come to recognize the objects and people that are part of their own world.

Answer 31

Extension of the self

Question 32

Children learn to take pride in their accomplishments.

Answer 32

Self-esteem

Question 33

Stage 7 develops during adolescence. Young people begin to formulate long-range goals and plans.

Answer 33

Propriate striving

Question 34

Stage 6 develops during ages 6-12. Children begin to apply reason and logic to the solution of everyday problems

Answer 34

Self as rational copper

Question 35

Normal, mature adults are functionally autonomous, independent of childhood motives. They function rationally in the present and consciously create their own lifestyles

Answer 35

Adulthood

Question 36

Infant-mother bond – source of ____ and _____

Answer 36

affection and security

Question 37

It is concerned with the mystical and with understanding the universe as a whole

Answer 37

Religious values

Question 38

It is concerned with the useful and practical

Answer 38

Economic values

Question 39

It deals with personal power, influence, and prestige in all endeavors, not just in political activities.

Answer 39

Political values

Question 40

It reflects human relationships, altruism, and philanthropy

Answer 40

Social values

Question 41

It is related to artistic experiences and to form, harmony, and grace

Answer 41

Aesthetic values

Question 42

It is concerned with the discovery of truth and are characterized by an empirical, intellectual, and rational approach to life

Answer 42

Theoretical values

Question 43

It involves examining diaries, autobiographies, letters, literary compositions, and other samples of a person’s written or spoken records to determine the number and kinds of personality traits.

Answer 43

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