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Allport Flashcards

1
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Behavior is determined by relatively stable traits which are the fundamental units of one’s personality

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Trait Approach

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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

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Historical determinism

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

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dynamic organization
behavior and thought

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5 characteristics of traits

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  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.
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5
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The Latin word humor means

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Body fluids

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6
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Gallen saw the direct connection between the _____ __ _____ in the body, _____ and _____ inclinations

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Levels of humors, emotional and behavioral

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7
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Who proposed the three body types in which traits are dependent on these?

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William Sheldon

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8
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Give the 5 qualities of ectomorph

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Inhibited
Apprehensive
Intellectual
Introverted
Self-conscious

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9
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Give the 5 qualities of mesomorph

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Energetic
Competitive
Aggressive
Bold
Athlete

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10
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Give the 3 qualities of endomorph

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Sociable
Relax
Affectionate

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

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Relatively stable, consistent, and enduring

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12
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Two types of traits

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Personal disposition
Traits

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13
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Traits that are peculiar to an individual

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Personal disposition

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14
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Types of individual traits or personal disposition

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

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15
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The most pervasive and powerful that dominates human behavior

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Cardinal traits

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Some 5-10 themes that best describe our behavior.

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Central traits

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17
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The least important traits, which a person may display inconspicuously and inconsistently.

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Secondary traits

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18
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Shared by a number of people, such as the members of a culture.

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Traits

19
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May combine to form a single unit.

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Habits

20
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Have a specific objects of reference and involve either positive or negative evaluations.

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Attitudes

21
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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.

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Functional Autonomy

22
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Two levels of functional autonomy

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Perseverative functional autonomy
Propriate functional autonomy

23
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The level of functional autonomy that relates to low-level and routine behaviors

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Perseverative functional autonomy

24
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The level of functional autonomy that relates to our values, self-image, and lifestyle.

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Propriate functional autonomy

25
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The word proprium means

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Ego or self

26
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Propriate functional autonomy is governed by three principles:

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  1. Organising the energy level
  2. Mastery and competence
  3. Propriate patterning
27
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Aspects of personality that are
distinctive and thus appropriate to our emotional life.

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Proprium

28
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Children realize that their identity remains intact despite the many changes that are taking place

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Self-identity

29
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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.

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Bodies self

30
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Children develop actual and idealized images of themselves and their behavior and become aware of satisfying or failing to satisfy parental expectations.

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Self-image

31
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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.

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Extension of the self

32
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Children learn to take pride in their accomplishments.

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Self-esteem

33
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Stage 7 develops during adolescence. Young people begin to formulate long-range goals and plans.

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Propriate striving

34
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Stage 6 develops during ages 6-12. Children begin to apply reason and logic to the solution of everyday problems

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Self as rational copper

35
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Normal, mature adults are functionally autonomous, independent of childhood motives. They function rationally in the present and consciously create their own lifestyles

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Adulthood

36
Q

Infant-mother bond
– source of ____ and _____

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affection and security

37
Q

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

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Religious values

38
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It is concerned with the useful and practical

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Economic values

39
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It deals with personal power, influence, and prestige in all endeavors, not just in political activities.

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Political values

40
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It reflects human relationships, altruism, and philanthropy

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Social values

41
Q

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

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Aesthetic values

42
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It is concerned with the discovery of truth and are characterized by an
empirical, intellectual, and rational approach to life

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Theoretical values

43
Q

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.

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PERSONAL – DOCUMENT
TECHNIQUE

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