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Personality

Personality. A person’s pattern of thinking, feeling and acting. Four Main Theories : Psychoanalytic Theory Humanistic Theory Social-Cognitive Theory Trait Theory. Assessing the Unconscious. Projective Test

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Personality

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  1. Personality A person’s pattern of thinking, feeling and acting. • Four Main Theories: • Psychoanalytic Theory • Humanistic Theory • Social-Cognitive Theory • Trait Theory

  2. Assessing the Unconscious • Projective Test • a personality test, such as the Rorschach or TAT, that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of one’s inner dynamics

  3. TAT TestThematic Apperception Test • a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes • Giving the subject a picture that is ambiguous (can have several meanings) and ask them what is occurring. • Their answers supposedly reveal their unconscious

  4. Rorschach Inkblot Test • The most widely used projective test • A set of ten inkblots designed to identify people’s feelings when they are asked to interpret what they see in the inkblots. • Look quickly at each of the next 10 inkblots. Write what you see in the spaces numbered 1-10 on your sheet.

  5. What’s Your STYLE? You probably see a main image or character in each inkblot. Where is that main image in relation to the whole inkblot? • To the right of center – you focus on the future • To the left of the center – you focus on the past • In the center – you focus on the here and now • In the dark blots – you think the way most people do • In the white spaces – you are an unusual, perhaps creative thinker • In the upper portions of the inkblot (or if you see your image moving upward) – you are an achiever • In the lower portions of the inkblot (or if you see your image falling down) – you are sad about something

  6. What’s Your STYLE? What kinds of images do you see most often? • Inanimate objects – you are good at mechanical things • Abstract ideas (like joy or freedom) – you enjoy dealing with ideas • Plants or animals – you are a nature lover • People – you are sociable • Food – you like to take care of people or be taken care of • Action – you are a doer rather than a thinker (or maybe you are both) • Danger or aggression – you are angry or worried about something

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