Cards (2)

  • Personality definition (Gordon Allport, 1961)
    A dynamic organisation inside the person of psychophysical systems that create the person’s characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts and feelings.
  • Personality
    • not just an accumulation of bits and pieces, it has organisation
    • doesn't just lie there, it is actively influencing processes
    • a psychological concept, inextricably linked to the physical body – it has a biological basis.
    • a causal force – helps determine how a person relates to the world
    • shows up in patterns, occurrences and consistencies.
    • displayed in many different ways: behaviours, thoughts and feelings.