GORDON ALLPORT: PSYCHOLOGY OF THE INDIVIDUAL Flashcards
study of the individual
Morphogenic Science
are a process that involves gathering data on a single individual
Morphogenic Methods
the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment
Personality
personality is both ____ and ____; includes both ____ and ____; it is not only is something, but it ____
physical and psychological
overt behaviors and covert thoughts
does something
healthy adults are generally aware of what they are doing and their reasons for doing it
Conscious Motivation
capable of consciously acting on their environment in new and innovative ways and causing their environment to react to them
Proactive Behavior
Structure of Personality
Personal Dispositions
Common Traits
generalized neuropsychic structure with the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide consistent forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior
Personal Dispositions
general characteristics
Common Traits
ruling passion that dominates their lives
Cardinal Dispositions
includes 5 to 10 most outstanding characteristics around which a person’s life focuses
Central Dispositions
less conspicuous but far greater in number than central dispositions
Secondary Dispositions
intensely experienced dispositions.
initiate action.
Motivational Dispositions
personal dispositions that are less intensely experienced.
guides action.
how?
Stylistic Dispositions
peculiarly mine characteristics
behaviors and characteristics that people regard as warm, central, and important in their lives.
warm center of personality
Proprium
the explanation for behavior, and one need not look beyond it for hidden or primary causes
Functional Autonomy
the tendency of an impression to leave an influence on subsequent experience
Perseverative Functional Autonomy
the master system of motivation that confers unity on personality which also refers to those self-sustaining motives that are related to the proprium
Propriate Functional Autonomy
stage development
Bodily Self Self-Identity Self-Esteem Extension of Self Self-Image Self as rational coper Propriate Striving Adulthood
infants become aware of their own existence and distinguish their own bodies from objects in the environment
Bodily Self
their identity remains intact despite the many changes that are taking place
Self-Identity
children learn to take pride in their accomplishments
Self-Esteem
children come to recognize the objects and people that are part of their own world
Extension of Self
children develop actual and idealized images of themselves and their behavior
Self-Image
children begin to apply reason and logic to the solution of everyday problems
Self as rational coper
young people begin to formulate long-range goals and plans
Propriate striving
normal, mature adults are functionally autonomous, independent of childhood motives
Adulthood
source of affection and security
Infant-Mother bond
seeks general laws
Nomothetic Research
peculiar to the single case
Idiographic Research
patterned properties of the whole organism and allows for intraperson comparisons
Morphogenic Science
