Gordon Allport

Question 1

What is propriate functioning?

Answer 1

Most behavior is motivated by functioning in a way that you can express your “self”

Question 2

Your proprium is your what?

Answer 2

Self, how it functions and what it feels like

Question 3

How is the proprium experienced?

Answer 3

Parts of the self are seen as the things we do and feel and believe are the central, essential and warm (precious to you)

Parts that do not change

Parts that you care about

Question 4

Functions of the proprium

Answer 4

1. Sense of body
2. Self-identity
3. Self esteem
4. Self-extension
5. Self-image
6. Rational coping
7. Propriate striving

Question 5

Sense of body

Answer 5

Develop during the first 2 years of life
Realize you have a body separate from other things
Are mess through touch, pain, etc.

Question 6

Self-identity

Answer 6

Develops in the first 2 years of life
Realize you have a past, present, and future
Realize you are an individual separate from others
Learn you have a name
Learn when you wake up you are still you

Question 7

Self-esteem

Answer 7

Develops between 2 and 4 years old
Realize you are competent to do things
Learn you have value to yourself and others

Question 8

Self-extension

Answer 8

Develops between 4 and 6 years old
See people around you as central, warm and essential
Define yourself by your family members
Find extension in: nationality, religion, activities we do, and family members

Question 9

Self-image

Answer 9

Develops between 4 and 6
Looking glass self
Awareness of self as others see you (impressions, looks, etc)
Beginning of awareness of persona (the way others see you)

Question 10

Rational coping

Answer 10

Develops between ages 6 and 12
Realizing you are a learner
Dealing with issues and problems rationally
Details of cause and effect

Question 11

Propriate striving

Answer 11

Develops after 12 years old
Self as goals, dreams, and ideals
Thinking in a realistic way
Being the best "you" you can be
Become propriater of your own life (make your owns decisions)

Question 12

What is a trait?

Answer 12

A trait is a single or group of behaviors that fit together for you, that you do in response to the world that is stable across situations and through time
Traits are easily recognized in people and are unique to each person
Some anchor other traits (ex. Patriotic anchors like voting or army)

Question 13

What are some criticisms about traits?

Answer 13

Assumption behaviors are stable through situations and time

Question 14

Cultural differences in traits

Answer 14

Huge traits are different from culture to culture

Example - African vs Italian

Question 15

Traits in a hierarchy

Answer 15

Central, secondary, and cardinal

Question 16

Central traits

Answer 16

The first traits you think of, cultural traits

Question 17

Secondary traits

Answer 17

Not as general, obvious or consistent
Example - preferences
Example - angry when tickled, not usually an angry person

Question 18

Cardinal traits

Answer 18

Not everyone gets these, someone has one trait you can use to describe them and their life
Example - mother Theresa = faithful
Example - Scrooge = greedy

Question 19

What is opportunistic functioning?

Answer 19

Human behavior that is motivated by the tendency to satisfy our biological needs

Question 20

What is psychological maturity?

Answer 20

A well developed sense of self and adaptive set of traits make a person psychologically mature
7 characteristics of P.M.
Equated with mental health

Question 21

1. Specific enduring extensions of self

Answer 21

Means meaningful involvement with people and causes you care about

Question 22

2. Dependable techniques for relating warmly to others

Answer 22

Genuineness, trust, empathy, and tolerance

Question 23

3. Emotional security

Answer 23

Also self confidence

Question 24

4. Habits of realistic perception

Answer 24

Self-perception = when being defensive you do not realistically see your part in things

Question 25

5. Problem centeredness

Answer 25

Means to see tasks before you as problems that need to be solved without running away
Developing problem-solving skills

Question 26

6. Self-objectification

Answer 26

Having insight into your own behavior

Ability to laugh at yourself/see and understand yourself

Question 27

7. Unifying philosophy of life

Answer 27

Personalized conscious you developed based on your ethics and morals
Value orientation

Question 28

Functional autonomy

Answer 28

Motives today are independent of their origins

-just because you want to be a doctor in the past doesn’t mean the reason is the same today

Question 29

Motivation can not always be tied to the past

Answer 29

Example - habits

Addictive behavior reasons change as time goes on

Question 30

Propriate functional autonomy

Answer 30

Values (aspect of the self)

Categorization of values