CHAPTER 12 Flashcards
The study of the individual.
Morphogenic Science
Those that gather data on a single individual.
Morphogenic Methods
Gather data on groups of people.
Nomothetic methods
Dynamic organization within the individual
of those psychophysical systems that determine a person’s behavior and
thought.
substance and change
product and process
structure and growth
Personality
Behaviors are initially driven by basic motives.
Conscious Motivation
Six Criteria of a Mature Personality
Extension of the sense of self
Warm relating of self to others
Emotional security or self-acceptance
Realistic perception
Insight and humor
Unifying philosophy of life
Having a clear view of the purpose of life.
Unifying philosophy of life
Mature people know themselves and, therefore, they have no need to attribute their own mistakes and weaknesses to others.
Insight and humor
They are problem oriented rather than self-centered, and they are in touch
with the world as most others see it.
Realistic perception
Mature individuals accept
themselves for what they are, and they possesses emotional
poise. They do not dwell on minor
irritations, and they recognize that frustrations and inconveniences are a part of living.
Emotional security or self-acceptance
They have the capacity to love others in an intimate and
compassionate manner. In addition, they have a healthy sexual attitude
and do not exploit others for personal gratification.
Warm relating of self to others
Mature people continually seek to
identify with and participate in events outside themselves. “Everyone has self-love, but only self-extension is the
earmark of maturity.”
Extension of the sense of self
General characteristics held in common
by any people.
Common traits
A generalized neuropsychic structure with
the capacity to render any stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide consistent forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior.
Personal Disposition
Levels of Personal Dispositions
Cardinal Disposition
Central Disposition
Secondary dispositions
Dominant traits that define a person’s entire personality and behavior.
Cardinal Disposition
General characteristics that form the foundation of personality, influencing behavior across many situations.
Central Disposition
Traits that are more situation-specific and less influential in shaping behavior.
Secondary Dispositions
These strongly felt dispositions that are received from basic needs and drives.
Motivational Dispositions
Personal dispositions that are less intensely experienced.
Stylistic dispositions
Those that are at the center of
personality that are experienced by the person as being an iportant part of self. They regard thus as warm, central, and important in their lives.
Proprium
These behaviors are often impulsive, habitual, or influenced by external forces, and do not reflect an individual’s values or personal goals.
Nonpropriate Behaviors
Those that reduce a “need.”
Peripheral motives
Seek to maintain tension and disequilibrium.
Propriate strivings
People consciously acting
on their environment in a manner
that perits growth toward psychological health.
Proactive behavior
It represents a theory of changing rather
than unchanging motives and is the capstone of Allport’s ideas on motivation.
Functional Autonomy
Four requirements
of an adequate theory of motivation.
- It must acknowledge the contemporaneity of
motives. (present motives as distinct from the past) - It must be a pluralistic theory—allowing for motives of many types. (functional autonomy of motives)
- It must ascribe dynamic force to cognitive processes.
- It must allow for the concrete
uniqueness of motives.
It is conteporary and selfsustaining; it grows out of an earlier motive but is functionally independent of it.
Functionally Autonomous Motive
Two levels of functional autonomy
Perseverative Functional Autonomy
Propriate Functional Autonomy
This is the lower level of functional autonomy, where behaviors or habits continue even though their original purpose no longer exists.
Perseverative Functional Autonomy
This is the higher level of functional autonomy, which involves motives related to the individual’s values, self-image, and goals
Propriate Functional Autonomy
Refers to which is peculiar to the single case/individual with pattern.
Morphogenic procedures
Pertains to the individual but does not suggest structure or pattern.
Idiographic
Religion is used as a means to achieve external goals, such as social status, security, or personal comfort.
Extrinsic Religious Orientation
Religion is embraced as an end in itself. Individuals with this orientation live their faith deeply and sincerely, integrating it into all aspects of their life.
Intrinsic Religious Orientation
Allport used ________, such as diaries and letters, which
stress patterns of behavior within a single individual.
morphogenic procedures
Mtivated largely by conscious processes;
have an extended sense of self; relate warly to others; accept theselves
for who they are; have a realistic perception of the world; and possess insight, huor, and a unifying philosophy of life.
Psychologically healthy people
This is peculiar to the individual and
have the capacity to render different stimuli functionally equivalent and to
initiate and guide behavior.
Individual traits (personal dispositions)
