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- Focus on individual differences
- Based description and measure (not origin or development, psychopathology, or therapy)
- Heavily used in research and vocational testing
- Little reliance on unconscious, therefore can ask for self report
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- 1st trait theorist
- 1st to use term “humanistic psychology”
- Disliked methodology – preferred common sense approach
- Disliked psychoanalyst’s reductionist method
- Mistrusted depth psychology (psychoanalysis) – felt that focus should be on conscious self-report
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| Dynamic organization within the individual of these psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to the environment |
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| development of drive toward integration |
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| circular reasoning (assume personality leads to behavior, but personality also inferred from behavior) |
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| individual basis, against higher order schemes (i.e. “all boys are this way”, “extroverts vs. introverts”, etc.), adjustment to environment |
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| primary unit of personality |
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| Traits ppossessed by only one person |
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| Traits possessed by many people, each to varying extents |
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| Traits that are central and most pervasive |
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| Affects many behaviors (varies from individual) |
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| Least pervasive, affect fewer behavior (preferences, tastes) |
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| unity of multiples; whole = sum of its parts |
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| All aspect of personality that make for unity (equivalent of ego or self), developing and moving toward health |
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| In-group loyalty, exposure and cooperation decrease prejudice |
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