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Another important theorist to break from Freud was Carl Jung Jung believed people are motivated to attain self-realization or perfection It’s not about sex We have what Jung called, t he collective unconscious :a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images a Archetypes.
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Another important theorist to break from Freud was Carl Jung Jung believed people are motivated to attain self-realization or perfection It’s not about sex We have what Jung called,the collective unconscious :a shared storehouse of primitive ideas and images a Archetypes Shadow – the dark side of our personality; deal with it! Jung and Analytical Psychology LOBJ 12.8
I can’t see inside your head, so why even consider that? Behaviourists believe personality is acquired through VERY different from the psychodynamic theories! Behavioral Theory of Personality LOBJ 12.9 & 12.10
A trait is any readily-identifiable, stable quality that characterizes an individual from other individuals (continuum) Types are personality categories in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated Gordon Allport – Personal Disposition Raymond B. Cattell Hans Eysenck (biology?) Traits and Type Theories - LOBJ 12.11, 12.12, & 12.13
Five broad categories of traits Researchers think of the five factors as Genetics of personality? Read pg. 431 Extraversion-introversion Agreeableness-antagonism Conscientiousness-undirectedness Neuroticism-stability Openness to experience The Five Factor Model LOBJ 12.14 & 12.15
Humanistic Psychology LOBJ 12.16 • Reaction to Psychodynamic, Behaviouristic, & Type views • Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers • People are motivated to achieve personal goals by internal forces
Maslow and Self-Actualization LOBJ 12.17 • Maslow conceives of motives as forming a hierarchy • Lower needs, such as those for food and water, are at the bottom of the hierarchy • Self-actualization is the final level of psychological development • Self-actualized individuals accept themselves, others, and nature
Carl Rogers made three basic assumptions about behaviour: Behaviour is goal-directed People have the potential for growth How individuals see the world determines how they behave Inborn tendency toward fulfillment,a tendency toward actualizing one’s essential nature attained only if certain conditions are met People who receive empathy and unconditional positive regard from a congruent partner become a “fully-functioning person” Rogers and Self Theory LOBJ 12.18
Personality Assessment LOBJ 12.25 • Assessment is the process of evaluating individual differences through tests, interviews, observations, and recording physiological processes
Projective Tests • The basic idea: • the unconscious directs daily behaviour and thoughts • Projective tests are used to uncover unconscious motives • The Rorschach Inkblot Test is a classic projective test • Examinees say what they see in a series of 10 inkblots, shown one at a time
Thematic Apperception Test • The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is more structured than the Rorschach • It consists of a series of black-and-white pictures that depict at least one person in an ambiguous situation • People taking the TAT are asked to tell a story describing the situation
Personality inventories generally consist of true/false or multiple choice items to which people respond objective Well-constructed inventories tend to be valid predictors of performance in a wide array of situations One of the most widely used personality tests is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2nd Edition (MMPI-2) The norms of the MMPI-2 are based on profiles of normal people and groups of psychiatric patients Personality Inventories