Phenomenological approach - lecture Flashcards
What is the phenomenological approach in personality?
It centers thinking and consciousness as the core of personality, focusing on how individuals perceive and construe their own reality.
How does personality relate to “reality construal” in the phenomenological approach?
Personality is the habitual way in which we perceive and interpret events, using mental concepts to automatically make sense of the world.
What is the role of automatic conceptualization in personality?
it refers to the process where the mind instantaneously applies concepts to events, which in turn shapes how we feel about them.
How does this approach explain depression?
Depression can result from habitually interpreting the world using concepts that lead to negative feelings. Changing these concepts can help heal depression.
What does the phenomenological approach assume about reality?
It assumes that reality is subjective and open to many different interpretations, like a Rorschach test, where people can interpret the same event in different ways.
Give an example of how reality can be construed differently in the same situation.
Fact: “Students are using phones in class.”
Construel 1: “They are disrespectful.”
Construel 2: “They grew up with different norms.”
What is the core idea of the phenomenological approach?
Habitual ways of construing reality determine how life “feels” for a person.
how does the roar shock test relate to the phenomenological approach
showing people pictures a d asking someone interpretation -> our mind can interpret reality in lots of different ways
what is a well educated mind according to the phenomenological approach
understanding that the world can be interpreted in lots of different ways
people devleop habits of interpreting things certain ways
some people have characterological self blame a lot
- pessimistic if bad things happen, optimistic if bas thing happens but you think once and done
