ALLPORT WEEK 8

Question 1

How many way can personality be described?

Answer 1

3 ways ( types , traits , factors )

Question 2

Describe types

Answer 2

being able to put people into specific groups, not needing any criteria

Question 3

Describe traits

Answer 3

more quantitative, measures or where people land on a continuum

Question 4

describe factor

Answer 4

quantitative , included broader range of behaviours , containing multiple personality traits

Question 5

what are personality traits

Answer 5

a neuropsychic structure having the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent to , and to initiate and guide equivalent forms if adaptive and expressive behaviour

Question 6

what is trait rooted in

Answer 6

the nervous system

Question 7

Qualities of a normal mature adult

Answer 7

extension of the sense of self , warm human interaction , emotional security , realistic perception, self objectification

Question 8

Describe Opportunistic functioning

Answer 8

person behaviour guided by immediate , externally triggered impulses.

Question 9

describe propriate functioning

Answer 9

person behaviour guided by an internalized , central self ‘’ the proprium’’, around goals , sense of identity

Question 10

ALLport definition of the self

Answer 10

it is the organized , dynamic set of personal attitudes , values , goals and memories that define who the person is and guides their behaviour.

Question 11

what is organizational function

Answer 11

integration and structures one’s experience

Question 12

what is evaluative functioning

Answer 12

provides a standard for assessing one’s own actions and achievements

Question 13

what is self approval

Answer 13

generates feelings of self acceptance and worth

Question 14

what is self extension

Answer 14

helps the indidvidual incorporate significant others , roles , and possessions into their self-definition

Question 15

what is guidance of behaviour

Answer 15

directs goal setting and purposeful behaviour

Question 16

what is defensive function

Answer 16

protects the self from psychological harm by rejecting or reinterpretation experiences that threatens self - concept

Question 17

what is fostering continuity

Answer 17

maintain a sense of personal continuity and stability over time

Question 18

what is personal dispositions

Answer 18

are enduring tendencies or characteristics that consistently influence a person behaviour , feeling , and thoughts across situation. they are unique patterns that define an individual personality

Question 19

Describe cardinal traits

Answer 19

dominant traits that come to define almost everything about a person.

Question 20

Describe central traits

Answer 20

fundamental characteristics that form the basic building blocks of personality.

Question 21

describe secondary traits

Answer 21

these traits only appear in specific situations or under certain conditions

Question 22

what realistic self appraisal

Answer 22

an accurate understanding of ones strength and weakness

Question 23

what is self acceptance

Answer 23

a balanced view of oneself without undue self-criticism

Question 24

what is the integration of inner conflict

Answer 24

the ability to reconcile conflicting aspects of the personality

Question 25

what is emotional independence

Answer 25

reduced dependency on external validation

Question 26

what is autonomy

Answer 26

the capacity for self directed thought and behaviour

Question 27

describe functional autonomy

Answer 27

behaviour that may have begun as ways to satisfy basic drives eventually take their own logic and become self sustaining aspects of one personality

Question 28

describe perserverative functional autonomy

Answer 28

the persistence of earlier motives remain unchanged even after the original reason for them to have faded

Question 29

describe propriate functional autonomy

Answer 29

when core motives not only persist but are continually reorganized and refined in light of new experiences

Question 30

describe motivational disposition

Answer 30

refers to the underlying drives and needs that motivate behaviour

Question 31

describe stylistic disposition

Answer 31

refer to the characteristic ways in which a person express their behaviour. they are not a particular motive but rather indicate how a person tends to behave in various situations