10 power point

Question 1

Gordan Allport theories

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Continuity theories vs. discontinuity theories

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Personality is

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Dynamic
Organized
Psychophysical
Determined
Characteristic

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Trait

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Neuropsychic structures within a person that influence behavior; they are not simply labels we use to describe or classify behaviors

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Common traits

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hypothetical constructs that permit us to make comparisons between individuals

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Personal dispositions

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unique to each person
Cardinal: so pervasive that they influence almost every behavior of an individual
Central: highly characteristic of individual
Secondary: specific, focused tendencies

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Central dispositions

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express essential characteristics

5-10 necessary to describe a person

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Proprium

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Central experiences of self-awareness that people have as they grow and move forward

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Functional autonomy

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implies that adult motivation is not necessarily tied to the past

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Two types of Functional Autonomy

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Perseverative functional autonomy

Propriate functional autonomy

Question 10

Allport’s propriate functions

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• bodily self
• self identity
• self esteem
• self extension
• self image
• self as rational coper
• propriate striving

Question 11

bodily self

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knowing one’s body and its limits

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self identity

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awareness of inner sameness and continuity

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self esteem

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pride in the ability to do things

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self extension

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sense of possession and valuing of others

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self image

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sense of measuring up to expectations of others

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self as rational coper

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sense of self as active problem solving agent

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propriate striving

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development of long term purposes and goals

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The Study of Personology

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The unique interdisciplinary study of the individual employing a wide array of clinical, psychoanalytic, and experimental methods

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A need

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is a force in the brain that organizes our perception, understanding, and behavior in such a way as to lead us to change an unsatisfying situation

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A press

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is a force from objects or persons within environment that help or hinder an individual reaching goals

Question 21

Murray’s needs

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• dominance
• deference
• autonomy
• aggression
• abasement
• achievement
• sex
• sentience
• exhibition
• play

Question 22

dominance

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to govern

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deference

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respect and conform

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autonomy

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behave independently

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agression

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attack and fight

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abasement

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yield and surrender

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achievment

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succeed at a hard task

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sex

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to be erotic

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sentience

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find joy in sensuousness

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exhibition

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show off and attract attention

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play

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to have fun

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Murray's needs continued

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- affiliation - rejection - succorance - nurturance - infavoidance - defendance - counteraction - harm avoidance - order - understanding

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affliction

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relate to others

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rejection

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exclude others

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succorance

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seek help

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nurturance

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give help

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infavoidance

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guard against embarrassment

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defendance

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protect self from abuse

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counteraction

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to face failure with continued effort

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harm avoidance

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stay away from danger

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order

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organize things

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understanding

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seek comprehension

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT):

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a projective device in which a person makes up a story for ambiguous pictures