TOP Allport

• Allport's emphasis


  Uniqueness of each individual
• One's stubbornness is different from any other person's stubbornness
• Morphogenic Science


  Study of each Individual
• Nomothetic Method


  Gather data on the group of people
• Personality (Allport's definition)


  The dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical system to his environment that determine his characteristic behavior and thought
• Conscious Motivation


  • Healthy adults are generally aware of what they are doing and their reasons for doing it
  • Some motivation is driven by hidden impulses and sublimated drives
  • Compulsive behavior are automatic repetitions, motivated by unconscious tendencies
• Characteristics of a healthy person


  • Proactive behavior - do not only react to external stimuli but consciously acting on their environment in a new innovative ways
  • Unhealthy people is dominated by the unconscious
• Six criteria for a mature person


  • Extension for the sense of self - seek to identify with and participate in events outside themselves, not self centered
  • Warm relating of self to others - capacity to love others in an intimate compassionate manner
  • Emotional security or self acceptance - accept themselves for what they are, do not get upset when things didn't go as planned
  • Realistic perception of their environment - do not live in a fantasy world or bend reality to fit their own wishes
  • Insight and humor - no need to attribute their mistakes and weakness to others, have non hostile sense of humor
  • Unifying philosophy in life - have a clear view of purpose in life, mature and religious orientation is a crucial ingredient
• Personal Disposition


  Most important structures of personality that permit description of the individual in terms of individual characteristics
• Levels of Personal Disposition


  • Cardinal Disposition - eminent characteristics or ruling passion so outstanding that it dominates their lives, obvious and cannot be hidden, most people do not have
  • Central Disposition - 5 to 10 characteristics around which their lives revolve
  • Secondary Disposition - less reliable and less conspicuous than central traits