Allport

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Theory that emphasized the uniqueness of each individual and built as a reaction against what he regarded as the non-humanistic positions both psychoanalysis and animal-based learning

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Allport’s psychology of the individual

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Study of the individual

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Morphogenic science

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Human are motivated by present, conscious drives and that they not only seek to reduce tensions but to establish new ones

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Personality approach of allport

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The dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought; includes both overt and covert thoughts

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Personality

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Healthy adults are generally aware of what they are doing and reasons for doing it

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Conscious motivation

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Recognized the act that some motivation is driven by hidden impulses and sublimated drives, typically originate in childhood and retain a childish flavor in adult years

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unconscious motivation

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Characterized by proactive and reactive behavior

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Psychologically healthy personality

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Characteristic of a mature/healthy personality

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• extension of the sense of self
• warm relating of self to others
• emotional security
• realistic view of the world
• insight and humor
• unifying philosophy of life

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The earmark of maturity

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Self-extension

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Basic units of personality

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personal dispositions and proprium

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General characteristics held in common by many people; permit inter-individual comparisons

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common traits

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Generalized neuropsychic structure with the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent and initiate and guide forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior; triats that are peculiar to the individual

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personal dispositions

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levels of personal dispositions

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cardinal, central, secondary dispositions

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Dispositions that are so obvious and dominating thay they cannot be hidden from other people

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cardinal dispositions

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5-10 most outstanding characteristics around which a person’s life focuses; close friends and close acquaintances

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central dispositions

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Less conspicuous but far greater in number than central dispositions

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secondary dispositions

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Dispositions which are strong enough to initiate action; akin to Maslow’s expressive behavior

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motivational dispositions

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Dispositions which refer to the manner in which an individual behaves and which guide rather than initiate action; akin to Maslow’s coping behavior

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stylistic dispositions

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Behaviors and characteristics that people regard as warm, central and important; center of personality

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proprium

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Seek to maintain tension and disequilibrium

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proprium strivings

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reduce a need

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peripheral motives

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Most people are motivated by present drives rather than by past events and are aware of what they are doing and understand why they are doing it

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allport’s theory of motivation

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Holds that some human motives are functionally independent from the original motive responsible for a particular behavior

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functional autonomy

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The capstone of Allport’s ideas on motivation

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functional autonomy

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2 levels of functional autonomy

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perseverative functional autonomy and propriate functional autonomy

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Tendency of certain basic behaviors to continue in the absence of reinforcement

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perseverative functional autonomy

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Refers to the self-sustaining motives (such as interests, hobbies) that are related to the proprium

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Propriate functional autonomy

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The master system of motivation that confers unity in personality

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Propriate functional autonomy

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Personal structure analysis

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techniqe used to analyze letters from jenny

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A mark of a heakthy and mature person

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deep religious commitment

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Assess both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation toward religion created by allport

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Religious Orientation scale (ROS)

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Reduce racial prejudice

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contact hypothesis

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Allport saw people as thinking, proactive, purposeful being who are generally aware of what they are doing and why.

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Allport's concept of humanity