This document provides an overview of concepts related to self and personality. It discusses how self refers to one's conscious experiences, thoughts, and feelings about oneself. Personality is defined as relatively stable patterns of behavior that characterize an individual. The document outlines several approaches to understanding personality, including type approaches, trait approaches, and psychodynamic approaches. It also discusses concepts like self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and the role of culture and significant others in shaping one's ideas about the self.
This document discusses several major approaches to studying personality:
1. Type approaches attempt to categorize people into personality types based on patterns of observable behavioral characteristics, body type, or temperament. Examples discussed include the theories of Hippocrates, Charak Samhita, Sheldon, and Jung.
2. Trait approaches focus on specific psychological attributes that individuals differ on, such as shyness or friendliness. Theories of Allport, Cattell, and Eysenck are reviewed.
3. Post-Freudian approaches expanded on Freud's psychodynamic theory, including the analytical psychology of Jung focusing on archetypes, Horney's emphasis on social/cultural influences, and
The document discusses several aspects of self and personality. It defines self as the totality of a person's conscious experiences, thoughts, and feelings about themselves. It explains that a person's self develops from childhood through interactions with parents, friends, and experiences. Personal identity refers to attributes that make a person unique, like their name, qualities, and beliefs. Social identity links a person to social or cultural groups.
The document also discusses the different types of self, including personal self which focuses on the individual, and social self which emphasizes relationships. It describes methods for assessing concepts of self, like self-esteem and self-efficacy. Personality is defined as characteristic ways of thinking, feeling
Self and Personality - Part-II (Psychodynamic approach of personality)Navarathina Devakumar
Sigmund Freud developed the psychodynamic theory of personality. He proposed that behavior is motivated by unconscious mental processes. According to Freud's psychodynamic approach, personality has three parts - the id, ego, and superego. Freud also proposed that personality develops through five psychosexual stages from birth to adulthood. Problems resolving conflicts at each stage can result in fixation that impacts long-term development and behavior. Defence mechanisms like repression and rationalization help reduce anxiety from unconscious desires.
This document discusses various aspects of self and personality. It defines self as the totality of an individual's conscious experiences, thoughts, and feelings about themselves. Self has two identities - personal identity involving personal qualities and social identity linking a person to social or cultural groups. Cognitive aspects of self like self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-regulation are explained. Culture also influences aspects of self, with individualistic Western cultures versus more collectivistic Indian cultures. Personality is defined as characteristic ways of responding across situations over time. Approaches to studying personality like types, traits, and psychodynamic are summarized along with various theories in each approach.
This document discusses various techniques used in personality assessment, including self-report measures, projective techniques, and behavioral analysis. Some key techniques described are the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Rorschach inkblot test, and behavioral observation and ratings. The document provides details on administering and interpreting several assessment tools and highlights their benefits and limitations in evaluating individual personality.
This document discusses attitudes, beliefs, and social cognition. It begins by defining attitudes as favorable or unfavorable evaluations of people, objects, or situations. Attitudes have three components - cognitive, affective, and behavioral. The document then discusses how attitudes are formed through direct contact, direct instruction, and interaction with others. Attitudes help us understand the social world, describe social groups, understand our identity, and gain approval from others. The document concludes by stating that attitudes are learned and can change over time or through new experiences.
The document discusses individual differences in psychological attributes. It describes how psychological attributes can vary widely between individuals in areas like intelligence, personality, skills, abilities, and perceptions. The document also discusses different theories of intelligence, such as uni-factor theory, two-factor theory, and theories proposing multiple types of intelligence. Assessment methods are important for measuring and understanding psychological attributes, and can include tests, interviews, observations, case studies and self-reports.
This document provides an overview of various psychological disorders classified into 12 categories: anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, dissociative disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar and related disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders, feeding and eating disorders, and substance-related and addictive disorders. Each category includes definitions and examples of specific disorders within that category.
This document discusses several major approaches to studying personality:
1. Type approaches attempt to categorize people into personality types based on patterns of observable behavioral characteristics, body type, or temperament. Examples discussed include the theories of Hippocrates, Charak Samhita, Sheldon, and Jung.
2. Trait approaches focus on specific psychological attributes that individuals differ on, such as shyness or friendliness. Theories of Allport, Cattell, and Eysenck are reviewed.
3. Post-Freudian approaches expanded on Freud's psychodynamic theory, including the analytical psychology of Jung focusing on archetypes, Horney's emphasis on social/cultural influences, and
The document discusses several aspects of self and personality. It defines self as the totality of a person's conscious experiences, thoughts, and feelings about themselves. It explains that a person's self develops from childhood through interactions with parents, friends, and experiences. Personal identity refers to attributes that make a person unique, like their name, qualities, and beliefs. Social identity links a person to social or cultural groups.
The document also discusses the different types of self, including personal self which focuses on the individual, and social self which emphasizes relationships. It describes methods for assessing concepts of self, like self-esteem and self-efficacy. Personality is defined as characteristic ways of thinking, feeling
Self and Personality - Part-II (Psychodynamic approach of personality)Navarathina Devakumar
Sigmund Freud developed the psychodynamic theory of personality. He proposed that behavior is motivated by unconscious mental processes. According to Freud's psychodynamic approach, personality has three parts - the id, ego, and superego. Freud also proposed that personality develops through five psychosexual stages from birth to adulthood. Problems resolving conflicts at each stage can result in fixation that impacts long-term development and behavior. Defence mechanisms like repression and rationalization help reduce anxiety from unconscious desires.
This document discusses various aspects of self and personality. It defines self as the totality of an individual's conscious experiences, thoughts, and feelings about themselves. Self has two identities - personal identity involving personal qualities and social identity linking a person to social or cultural groups. Cognitive aspects of self like self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-regulation are explained. Culture also influences aspects of self, with individualistic Western cultures versus more collectivistic Indian cultures. Personality is defined as characteristic ways of responding across situations over time. Approaches to studying personality like types, traits, and psychodynamic are summarized along with various theories in each approach.
This document discusses various techniques used in personality assessment, including self-report measures, projective techniques, and behavioral analysis. Some key techniques described are the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Rorschach inkblot test, and behavioral observation and ratings. The document provides details on administering and interpreting several assessment tools and highlights their benefits and limitations in evaluating individual personality.
This document discusses attitudes, beliefs, and social cognition. It begins by defining attitudes as favorable or unfavorable evaluations of people, objects, or situations. Attitudes have three components - cognitive, affective, and behavioral. The document then discusses how attitudes are formed through direct contact, direct instruction, and interaction with others. Attitudes help us understand the social world, describe social groups, understand our identity, and gain approval from others. The document concludes by stating that attitudes are learned and can change over time or through new experiences.
The document discusses individual differences in psychological attributes. It describes how psychological attributes can vary widely between individuals in areas like intelligence, personality, skills, abilities, and perceptions. The document also discusses different theories of intelligence, such as uni-factor theory, two-factor theory, and theories proposing multiple types of intelligence. Assessment methods are important for measuring and understanding psychological attributes, and can include tests, interviews, observations, case studies and self-reports.
This document provides an overview of various psychological disorders classified into 12 categories: anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, dissociative disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar and related disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders, feeding and eating disorders, and substance-related and addictive disorders. Each category includes definitions and examples of specific disorders within that category.
3. characteristics of psychological tests S.Lakshmanan PsychologistLAKSHMANAN S
Psychological tests have five key characteristics: 1) Standardization ensures uniform testing conditions, 2) Objectivity means scoring is free of bias, 3) Test norms establish a frame of reference to compare performances, 4) Reliability means a test yields consistent measurements, and 5) Validity refers to a test accurately measuring what it is intended to measure. These characteristics help ensure psychological tests provide useful and meaningful data about individuals.
- Chapter 11 discusses anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and trauma-related disorders as categorized in the DSM-5. It covers disorders such as separation anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and agoraphobia.
- The chapter introduces each disorder and describes their key features and clinical picture based on the DSM-5 criteria. It discusses the historical understandings of anxiety and how modern theories have shifted to cognitive processes.
- Each anxiety disorder section provides details on the typical symptoms, presentations, and experiences of those suffering from disorders like social anxiety, specific phobias of objects or situations, and panic disorders which can involve unpredictable panic attacks.
The document discusses stress, its nature, types, sources and effects. It describes the General Adaptation Syndrome which outlines the body's three stages in response to stress - alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Stress can have emotional, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral effects and weaken the immune system. Coping strategies discussed include task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and avoidance-oriented approaches as well as relaxation techniques, meditation, biofeedback, exercise, assertiveness, time management, and rational thinking. Prolonged or high levels of stress can lead to illness.
This document discusses the stages of adulthood, middle age, and old age. It notes that adulthood spans from ages 18 to 45, and involves settling into careers and relationships as well as taking on responsibilities like parenthood. Middle age begins around 45 and is a period of transition to old age involving stress and adjustments to physical, social, and family changes. Old age starts at 65 and is a time of decline where adjustments must be made to various losses in abilities, roles, and independence. The document outlines developmental tasks and challenges at each life stage.
This document discusses personality assessment and different methods used for assessment. It describes that personality assessment involves administering empirically supported measures of personality traits to refine diagnoses, structure interventions, and increase behavioral prediction accuracy. It discusses various methods like self-report inventories, projective tests, behavioral assessments using observation and situational tests, rating scales, and frequency counts. It provides details on commonly used assessments like MMPI, Rorschach, and classifications of self-report personality tests.
Raymond Cattell was a British and American psychologist born in 1905 who developed the 16 Personality Factor model. After studying under Gordon Allport and witnessing World War I, Cattell sought to better understand human behavior and interaction. He utilized factor analysis to reduce Allport's list of 171 personality traits down to 16 primary factors. The 16 Personality Factor questionnaire assesses individuals on traits like apprehension, dominance, and warmth to predict how they are likely to behave and interact with others. It provides insight into how well suited individuals may be for different jobs or roles based on their personality. Cattell spent his career exploring many areas of psychology before passing away in 1998, leaving behind his influential 16 personality factors framework.
A.S. is a 23-year-old male experiencing anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and mood swings. He wanted to be a doctor but did not get the required grades and did not have family support. Psychological assessments found he has depression, anxiety, and insomnia. His counseling plan includes cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation techniques, exercise, a healthy diet, and antidepressant medication to help him cope with his disorders.
Freud believed that unconscious desires and meanings are often revealed symbolically through dreams, slips of the tongue, and other unintended acts. He proposed that the mind is divided into the id, ego, and superego. The id operates on the pleasure principle, the ego seeks to satisfy the id in realistic ways based on the reality principle, and the superego focuses on how we ought to behave based on social norms. Freud also described psychosexual stages of development and defense mechanisms that the ego uses to reduce anxiety, such as repression, regression, and rationalization.
The document discusses personality and theories of personality. It defines personality and describes key characteristics. It then outlines several theories of personality, including:
- Psychoanalytic theory proposed by Sigmund Freud which views personality as formed by the interaction of the id, ego, and superego. The id seeks instinctual gratification, the superego acts as a moral constraint, and the ego balances the demands of the two.
- Type approaches which classify personalities into defined types based on traits like temperament. Approaches discussed include those of Hippocrates, Kretschmer, and Sheldon.
- Jung's approach which categorizes personalities as introverts or extraverts based on sociability and other
Alfred Binet, Theodore Simon and Lewis Madison Terman , 1905
(Original)
1916
(First Revised Edition)
Salpetriere Hospital, Stanford University, Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale is an intelligence test which measures the cognitive abilities among children and adults from age two through mature adulthood. It has gone through many changes through the years.
This document discusses the human dilemma of needing roots, identity, and a frame of orientation while also experiencing the burden of freedom. It outlines several mechanisms of escape from this burden, including becoming authoritarian by submitting to or wielding power over others, engaging in destructiveness, conforming automatically without individuality, and relying on symbiotic or withdrawing family systems. True freedom involves maintaining community and responsibility through loving and reasoned approaches.
Developmental psychology refers to changes throughout the lifespan from conception to death. This document discusses several key aspects of lifespan development including:
1. Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development occurs in stages from infancy to adulthood. Infancy is focused on physical growth and adjusting to the outside world, while early childhood sees gains in independence and social skills.
2. Each stage of development has characteristics like physical changes or social expectations that influence how people grow. Hazards like illness or poor parenting can also impact development.
3. Researchers study development through longitudinal, cross-sectional and other methods. Factors like biology, environment, culture and the lifecycle shape a person's unique development. Proper stimulation
This document discusses and compares three personality assessment techniques: interviews, self-report assessments, and projective techniques. It outlines the merits and demerits of each. Interviews can produce valuable information but rely on skilled interviewers and are subjective. Self-report assessments are standardized, reliable, and valid but can be influenced by social desirability and deception. Projective techniques tap unconscious traits but are less objective and require extensive training. No single technique is perfect, so a combination is recommended to best understand human personality.
In psychology, we use various types of tests to assess various attributes of humans. To study complex humans there are several forms of tests that are used by researchers, clinicians, psychologists, etc.
This document discusses psychological disorders and abnormal behavior. It defines abnormal behavior as patterns of emotion, thought, and action that are considered pathological due to statistical rarity, interference with normal functioning, personal distress, or deviance from social norms. Four models of psychological disorders are described: the medical model, which views abnormal behavior as illnesses; the psychodynamic model, which involves unconscious conflicts; the behavioral model, which involves conditioning and modeling; and the cognitive model, which involves how our thoughts influence behavior. Diagnosis and classification of disorders is also discussed.
1. Clinical assessment involves evaluating an individual's strengths and weaknesses, conceptualizing problems and possible causes, and prescribing interventions to alleviate issues.
2. The assessment process begins with a referral question and is influenced by the clinician's theoretical approach.
3. The clinical interview is a basic assessment technique that involves building rapport, asking open-ended questions, and clarifying responses to understand the client's problems and determine how to help.
Pavlov (1927) studied unconditioned reflexes in dogs like salivating in response to food. Later researchers like Watson, Raynor (1920) and Skinner (1957) studied conditioned learning through rewards and punishments in humans and animals. Observational learning theory proposes that behavior can be learned through observing and imitating others. Behavioral therapies for mental health issues are based on classical and operant conditioning principles like systematic desensitization to treat phobias. However, the behavioral approach is limited as it does not consider genetic or cognitive factors in learning and behavior.
Gordon Allport developed one of the earliest theories of personality traits. He focused on the uniqueness of each individual and how their traits are shaped by present contexts rather than past history. Allport identified three levels of traits: cardinal traits that dominate a person's behavior, central traits that describe basic characteristics found in most people, and secondary traits that only appear in certain situations. Allport developed a list of over 4,500 trait words and believed traits could be observed and used to distinguish individuals' personalities.
Unit 04 personality in educational psychologyDARSGHAH
Unit 04 personality in educational psychology Course code 0840 Educational psychology from ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD.
prepared by Ms. SAMAN BIBI & Mariam Rafique
This document provides an introduction to organizational behavior. It defines key terms like organization, behavior, and organizational behavior. It outlines elements of OB like people, technology, structure, and environment. It also describes different organizational structures and discusses concepts like personality, perception, attitudes, values, learning, and motivation. Theories of personality, perception process, types of attitudes and their measurement, and various motivation theories are explained at a high level.
3. characteristics of psychological tests S.Lakshmanan PsychologistLAKSHMANAN S
Psychological tests have five key characteristics: 1) Standardization ensures uniform testing conditions, 2) Objectivity means scoring is free of bias, 3) Test norms establish a frame of reference to compare performances, 4) Reliability means a test yields consistent measurements, and 5) Validity refers to a test accurately measuring what it is intended to measure. These characteristics help ensure psychological tests provide useful and meaningful data about individuals.
- Chapter 11 discusses anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and trauma-related disorders as categorized in the DSM-5. It covers disorders such as separation anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and agoraphobia.
- The chapter introduces each disorder and describes their key features and clinical picture based on the DSM-5 criteria. It discusses the historical understandings of anxiety and how modern theories have shifted to cognitive processes.
- Each anxiety disorder section provides details on the typical symptoms, presentations, and experiences of those suffering from disorders like social anxiety, specific phobias of objects or situations, and panic disorders which can involve unpredictable panic attacks.
The document discusses stress, its nature, types, sources and effects. It describes the General Adaptation Syndrome which outlines the body's three stages in response to stress - alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Stress can have emotional, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral effects and weaken the immune system. Coping strategies discussed include task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and avoidance-oriented approaches as well as relaxation techniques, meditation, biofeedback, exercise, assertiveness, time management, and rational thinking. Prolonged or high levels of stress can lead to illness.
This document discusses the stages of adulthood, middle age, and old age. It notes that adulthood spans from ages 18 to 45, and involves settling into careers and relationships as well as taking on responsibilities like parenthood. Middle age begins around 45 and is a period of transition to old age involving stress and adjustments to physical, social, and family changes. Old age starts at 65 and is a time of decline where adjustments must be made to various losses in abilities, roles, and independence. The document outlines developmental tasks and challenges at each life stage.
This document discusses personality assessment and different methods used for assessment. It describes that personality assessment involves administering empirically supported measures of personality traits to refine diagnoses, structure interventions, and increase behavioral prediction accuracy. It discusses various methods like self-report inventories, projective tests, behavioral assessments using observation and situational tests, rating scales, and frequency counts. It provides details on commonly used assessments like MMPI, Rorschach, and classifications of self-report personality tests.
Raymond Cattell was a British and American psychologist born in 1905 who developed the 16 Personality Factor model. After studying under Gordon Allport and witnessing World War I, Cattell sought to better understand human behavior and interaction. He utilized factor analysis to reduce Allport's list of 171 personality traits down to 16 primary factors. The 16 Personality Factor questionnaire assesses individuals on traits like apprehension, dominance, and warmth to predict how they are likely to behave and interact with others. It provides insight into how well suited individuals may be for different jobs or roles based on their personality. Cattell spent his career exploring many areas of psychology before passing away in 1998, leaving behind his influential 16 personality factors framework.
A.S. is a 23-year-old male experiencing anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and mood swings. He wanted to be a doctor but did not get the required grades and did not have family support. Psychological assessments found he has depression, anxiety, and insomnia. His counseling plan includes cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation techniques, exercise, a healthy diet, and antidepressant medication to help him cope with his disorders.
Freud believed that unconscious desires and meanings are often revealed symbolically through dreams, slips of the tongue, and other unintended acts. He proposed that the mind is divided into the id, ego, and superego. The id operates on the pleasure principle, the ego seeks to satisfy the id in realistic ways based on the reality principle, and the superego focuses on how we ought to behave based on social norms. Freud also described psychosexual stages of development and defense mechanisms that the ego uses to reduce anxiety, such as repression, regression, and rationalization.
The document discusses personality and theories of personality. It defines personality and describes key characteristics. It then outlines several theories of personality, including:
- Psychoanalytic theory proposed by Sigmund Freud which views personality as formed by the interaction of the id, ego, and superego. The id seeks instinctual gratification, the superego acts as a moral constraint, and the ego balances the demands of the two.
- Type approaches which classify personalities into defined types based on traits like temperament. Approaches discussed include those of Hippocrates, Kretschmer, and Sheldon.
- Jung's approach which categorizes personalities as introverts or extraverts based on sociability and other
Alfred Binet, Theodore Simon and Lewis Madison Terman , 1905
(Original)
1916
(First Revised Edition)
Salpetriere Hospital, Stanford University, Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale is an intelligence test which measures the cognitive abilities among children and adults from age two through mature adulthood. It has gone through many changes through the years.
This document discusses the human dilemma of needing roots, identity, and a frame of orientation while also experiencing the burden of freedom. It outlines several mechanisms of escape from this burden, including becoming authoritarian by submitting to or wielding power over others, engaging in destructiveness, conforming automatically without individuality, and relying on symbiotic or withdrawing family systems. True freedom involves maintaining community and responsibility through loving and reasoned approaches.
Developmental psychology refers to changes throughout the lifespan from conception to death. This document discusses several key aspects of lifespan development including:
1. Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development occurs in stages from infancy to adulthood. Infancy is focused on physical growth and adjusting to the outside world, while early childhood sees gains in independence and social skills.
2. Each stage of development has characteristics like physical changes or social expectations that influence how people grow. Hazards like illness or poor parenting can also impact development.
3. Researchers study development through longitudinal, cross-sectional and other methods. Factors like biology, environment, culture and the lifecycle shape a person's unique development. Proper stimulation
This document discusses and compares three personality assessment techniques: interviews, self-report assessments, and projective techniques. It outlines the merits and demerits of each. Interviews can produce valuable information but rely on skilled interviewers and are subjective. Self-report assessments are standardized, reliable, and valid but can be influenced by social desirability and deception. Projective techniques tap unconscious traits but are less objective and require extensive training. No single technique is perfect, so a combination is recommended to best understand human personality.
In psychology, we use various types of tests to assess various attributes of humans. To study complex humans there are several forms of tests that are used by researchers, clinicians, psychologists, etc.
This document discusses psychological disorders and abnormal behavior. It defines abnormal behavior as patterns of emotion, thought, and action that are considered pathological due to statistical rarity, interference with normal functioning, personal distress, or deviance from social norms. Four models of psychological disorders are described: the medical model, which views abnormal behavior as illnesses; the psychodynamic model, which involves unconscious conflicts; the behavioral model, which involves conditioning and modeling; and the cognitive model, which involves how our thoughts influence behavior. Diagnosis and classification of disorders is also discussed.
1. Clinical assessment involves evaluating an individual's strengths and weaknesses, conceptualizing problems and possible causes, and prescribing interventions to alleviate issues.
2. The assessment process begins with a referral question and is influenced by the clinician's theoretical approach.
3. The clinical interview is a basic assessment technique that involves building rapport, asking open-ended questions, and clarifying responses to understand the client's problems and determine how to help.
Pavlov (1927) studied unconditioned reflexes in dogs like salivating in response to food. Later researchers like Watson, Raynor (1920) and Skinner (1957) studied conditioned learning through rewards and punishments in humans and animals. Observational learning theory proposes that behavior can be learned through observing and imitating others. Behavioral therapies for mental health issues are based on classical and operant conditioning principles like systematic desensitization to treat phobias. However, the behavioral approach is limited as it does not consider genetic or cognitive factors in learning and behavior.
Gordon Allport developed one of the earliest theories of personality traits. He focused on the uniqueness of each individual and how their traits are shaped by present contexts rather than past history. Allport identified three levels of traits: cardinal traits that dominate a person's behavior, central traits that describe basic characteristics found in most people, and secondary traits that only appear in certain situations. Allport developed a list of over 4,500 trait words and believed traits could be observed and used to distinguish individuals' personalities.
Unit 04 personality in educational psychologyDARSGHAH
Unit 04 personality in educational psychology Course code 0840 Educational psychology from ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD.
prepared by Ms. SAMAN BIBI & Mariam Rafique
This document provides an introduction to organizational behavior. It defines key terms like organization, behavior, and organizational behavior. It outlines elements of OB like people, technology, structure, and environment. It also describes different organizational structures and discusses concepts like personality, perception, attitudes, values, learning, and motivation. Theories of personality, perception process, types of attitudes and their measurement, and various motivation theories are explained at a high level.
This document provides an overview of personality, including key definitions, theories, and concepts. It begins by defining personality as the sum of typical ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that make each person unique. It then discusses three main factors that influence personality: heredity, experience, and culture. Two major personality types - Type A and Type B - are also introduced in relation to stress responses. The document outlines the major stages of personality development across the human lifespan. Finally, several prominent theories of personality traits are summarized, including Myers-Briggs, Allport's theory, and the Five-Factor Model.
This document provides an overview of personality and personality theories. It defines personality as individual differences in behavior and consistency across situations. It identifies key determinants of personality like brain structure, physical factors, heredity, culture, family and social groups. It describes the "Big Five" personality traits and four personality types. It also outlines several theories of personality including psychoanalytic, trait, humanistic, and social-cognitive theories.
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Sure, here's a description for the concept of personality and its trait presentation:
**Personality:**
Personality refers to the unique pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguish one individual from another. It encompasses various psychological characteristics that shape how individuals perceive and interact with the world around them. Personality is often viewed as relatively stable over time but can also be influenced by experiences, environments, and developmental factors.
**Trait Presentation:**
Trait presentation refers to the observable manifestation of personality traits in an individual's behavior, demeanor, and interpersonal interactions. Traits are enduring characteristics that predispose individuals to behave in consistent ways across different situations. Trait presentation can vary widely among individuals and is influenced by factors such as genetics, upbringing, culture, and personal experiences.
Trait presentation can be assessed and described using various frameworks, such as the Five-Factor Model (FFM), which includes dimensions such as openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Each person's unique combination of traits contributes to their distinct personality profile and how they are perceived by others. Understanding trait presentation can provide valuable insights into individual differences and inform interactions, relationships, and personal development efforts.
Personality refers to enduring traits that distinguish individuals. The document discusses key aspects of personality such as the Big Five traits (conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, emotional stability, and openness). It also covers attitudes, job satisfaction, and factors that influence personality development like heredity, environment, culture, and birth order. Organizational socialization techniques are described to help new employees adjust, along with maintaining a positive work environment.
Personality refers to consistent patterns of behavior and internal characteristics that make a person unique. It is influenced by both inherited traits and life experiences. There are several major theories regarding personality traits, including:
- The Big Five model which categorizes traits into extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness.
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator which sorts people into 16 types based on preferences for extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving.
- Type A and Type B theories which associate Type A with competitiveness and impatience and Type B with flexibility and relaxed attitudes. Trait theories provide useful
This document summarizes key aspects of the self, including the physical self, social self, and personal self. It discusses self-concept, self-esteem, and ideal self. It also covers social perception and formation of impressions of others, including the influence of body language, stereotypes, prejudice, and attribution theory. Identity development is discussed, including identity statuses and challenges that may be faced by those from minority groups.
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This document outlines self-concept and self-perception. It defines key terms like self-concept, self-esteem, identity, and body image. It describes how self-concept develops throughout the lifespan based on Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. Factors like identity, body image, role performance, and self-esteem influence self-concept. Altered self-concept can manifest as low self-esteem, negative body image, or social withdrawal. Nurses should assess subjective and objective data to identify any changes to a patient's self-concept.
Personality is defined as an individual's characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior. It is determined by heredity, culture, social factors, and family background. The structure of personality includes the id, ego, and superego. Self-esteem is one's feelings about oneself and is portrayed through behavior, confidence, and flexibility. There are many personality traits that can be positive like helpfulness or negative like arrogance. The Big Five model categorizes major personality traits as openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
This document provides an overview of personality, including its meaning, definition, topography, types, and theories. It begins with defining personality and discussing its key characteristics, such as being dynamic and influenced by both heredity and environment. It then covers various typologies of personality proposed by theorists like Hippocrates, Kretschmer, Sheldon, and Jung. Major theories discussed include trait theories, psychoanalytic theory, social learning theory, and Rogers' self theory. The document aims to comprehensively introduce the topic of personality from different perspectives.
This document defines attitudes and describes their three components: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. Attitudes are learned tendencies to evaluate people and things positively or negatively. They form from direct experiences, interactions with others, and media influences. The cognitive component involves thoughts and beliefs, the affective component emotions, and the behavioral component actions. When all three align, attitudes strongly guide behavior. Changing attitudes requires influencing the cognitive or affective components through experiences that challenge existing beliefs.
1) Freud's psychoanalytic theory views personality as formed by the interaction between the id, ego, and superego. The id seeks pleasure, the ego balances demands, and the superego acts as a moral conscience.
2) Trait theory sees personality as a combination of stable traits that are consistent over time and situations. The Big Five model identifies openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
3) Humanistic theory emphasizes people's inherent goodness and ability to improve. Rogers saw the self-concept as shaped by others and the ideal self, with unconditional positive regard enabling self-actualization.
Type theories and trait theories are two major approaches to understanding personality. Type theories view personality as collections of traits that tend to occur together, while trait theories see traits as durable characteristics that consistently influence behavior across situations. Notable theorists who proposed type theories included Hippocrates, Kretschmer, Sheldon, and Jung. Trait theorists included Allport, Cattell, and Eysenck. Allport distinguished between common, personal, cardinal, and secondary traits. Cattell separated surface and source traits. Eysenck proposed the dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion.
This document discusses how individuals perceive themselves and others. It covers key aspects of self-concept including complexity, consistency and clarity. Factors like self-enhancement and self-verification that influence self-concept are also examined. The document also discusses perception, focusing on selective attention, stereotyping, attribution theory and improving perceptions. Global mindset, or the ability to understand different cultures, is presented as important for accurately perceiving others.
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The document discusses definitions of personality from early psychology. It defines personality as the total picture of an individual's organized behavior that can be characterized consistently by others. Personality refers to both internal characteristics like thoughts as well as external behaviors. It is influenced by both heredity and environment. The personality pattern is determined by a person's concept of self and combination of traits. Development of personality is influenced by heredity, early family experiences, and events outside the home.
The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interact with others is personality.The study of the psychology of personality, called personality psychology, attempts to explain the tendencies that underlie differences in behavior. Psychologists have taken many different approaches to the study of personality, including biological, cognitive, learning, and trait-based theories, as well as psychodynamic, and humanistic approaches. The various approaches used to study personality today reflect the influence of the first theorists in the field, a group that includes Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Gordon Allport, Hans Eysenck, Abraham Maslow, and Carl Rogers.
This document provides an overview of personality psychology and theories of personality development. It discusses several major theories including type theories, trait theories, and Freud's theory involving the id, ego and superego. Characteristics of personality like consistency and behaviors are also outlined. The document then discusses factors that shape the Filipino personality, noting traits like being sociable, valuing family and education, and having a strong sense of community.
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2. SELF AND PERSONALITY
• Self and personality refer to the characteristic ways in which
we define our existence.
• Relatively stable patterns of behaviour represents the
PERSONALITY.
• Parents, friends, teachers and other significant persons play a
vital role in shaping a child’s ideas about self.
• The structure of self is modifiable in the light of our own
experiences and the experiences we have of other people.
3. CONCEPT OF SELF
• Personal identity refers to those attributes of a person that make her/him
different from others.
• Social identity refers to those aspects of a person that link her/him to a social
or cultural group or are derived from it.
• Self refers to the totality of an individual’s conscious experiences, ideas,
thoughts and feelings with regard to herself or himself.
4. SELF AS SUBJECT AND SELF AS OBJECT
• As a subject (actor) the self actively engages in the
process of knowing itself. Eg: Doing something
• As an object (consequence) the self gets observed
and comes to be known. Eg: Being affected
5. KINDS OF SELF
• There are several kinds of self.
• They get formed as a result of our interactions with our physical and socio-cultural
environments.
THE PERSONAL SELF
• Primarily concerned with oneself.
• Personal freedom, personal responsibility, personal achievement, or personal comforts.
THE SOCIAL SELF
• In relation with others
• Aspects of life as cooperation, unity, affiliation, sacrifice, support or sharing.
• This self values family and social relationships.
• Also referred to as familial or relational self.
6. SELF-CONCEPT
• The way we perceive ourselves and the ideas we hold about our competencies and
attributes is also called SELF-CONCEPT.
• At a very general level, this view of oneself is, overall, either positive or negative.
• Specific level, a person may have a very positive view of her/his athletic bravery, but a
negative view of her/his academic talents.
• More specific level, one may have a positive self-concept about one’s reading ability but a
negative one about one’s mathematical skills.
7. SELF-ESTEEM
• Self-esteem is an important aspect of our self.
• As persons we always make some judgment about our own value or worth.
• This value judgment of a person about herself/himself is called self-esteem.
• In order to assess self-esteem we present a variety of statements to a person, and ask her/
him to indicate the extent to which those statements are true for her or him.
• Studies indicate that by the age of 6 to 7 years, children seem to have formed self-esteem at
least in four areas:
• Academic Competence, Social Competence, Physical/ Athletic Competence & Physical Appearance
• Our capacity to view ourselves in terms of stable dispositions permits us to combine
separate self-evaluations into a general psychological image of ourselves. This is known as an
overall sense of self-esteem.
• Warm and positive parenting helps in the development of high self-esteem
8. SELF-EFFICACY
• People differ in the extent to which they believe they themselves control their life outcomes or the
outcomes are controlled by luck or fate or other situational factors, e.g. passing an examination.
• A person who believes that s/he has the ability or behaviours required by a particular situation
demonstrates high self-efficacy.
• The notion of self-efficacy is based on Bandura’s social learning theory.
• People’s expectations of mastery or achievement and their convictions about their own effectiveness
also determine the types of behaviour in which they would engage, as also the amount of risk they
would undertake.
• A strong sense of self-efficacy allows people to select, influence, and even construct the
circumstances of their own life.
• Self-efficacy can be developed.
• Our society, our parents and our own positive experiences can help in the development of a strong
sense of self-efficacy by presenting positive models during the formative years of children.
9. SELF-REGULATION
• Self-regulation refers to our ability to organise and monitor our own behaviour.
• People, who are able to change their behaviour according to the demands of the external
environment, are high on self-monitoring.
• Learning to delay or defer the gratification of needs is called self-control. Self-control plays a
key role in the fulfilment of long-term goals.
• TECHNIQUES OF SELF-CONTROL:
• Observation of own behavior- Provides us with necessary information that may be used
to change, modify, or strengthen certain aspects of self.
• Self-instruction- Instruct ourselves to do something and behave the way we want to.
• Self-reinforcement- Involves rewarding behaviours that have pleasant outcomes.
11. CONCEPT OF PERSONALITY
• The literal meaning of personality is derived from the Latin word persona.
• Persona= Mask
• Personality Refers to our characteristic ways of responding to individuals and situations.
• Personality refers to unique and relatively stable qualities that characterize an individual’s
behaviour across different situations over a period of time.
• Personality is characterised by the following features:
1. It has both physical and psychological components.
2. Its expression in terms of behaviour is fairly unique in a given individual.
3. Its main features do not easily change with time.
4. It is dynamic in the sense that some of its features may change due to internal or external
situational demands.
12. PERSONALITY-RELATED TERMS
• Temperament: Biologically based characteristic way of reacting.
• Trait: Stable, persistent and specific way of behaving.
• Disposition: Tendency of a person to react to a given situation in a particular way.
• Character: The overall pattern of regularly occurring behaviour.
• Habit: Over learned modes of behaving.
• Values: Goals and ideals that are considered important and worthwhile to achieve.
13. APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY
1. Type Approach
2. Trait Approach
3. Psychodynamic Approach
4. Post-Freudian Approaches
5. Behavioural Approach
6. Cultural Approach
7. Humanistic Approach
14. I. TYPE APPROACHES
• The type approaches attempts to comprehend human personality by examining certain
broad patterns in the observe behavioural characteristics of individuals.
• The Greek physician Hippocrates had proposed a typology of personality based on fluid or
humour.
• Sanguine (Pleasure-seeking And Sociable)
• Choleric (Ambitious And Leader-like)
• Melancholic (Analytical And Quiet)
• Phlegmatic (Relaxed And Peaceful)
CHOLERIC MELANCHOLIC SANGUINE PHLEGMATIC
15. I. TYPE APPROACHES
• In India also, Charak Samhita, a famous treatise on Ayurveda, classifies people into the
categories of vata, pitta and kapha on the basis of three humoural elements called tridosha.
16. I. TYPE APPROACHES
The personality types given by Sheldon
Endomorphs are fat, soft and round.
By temperament they are relaxed and
sociable.
Mesomorphs have strong
musculature, are rectangular with a
strong body build. They are energetic
and courageous.
Ectomorphs are thin, long and fragile
in body build. They are brainy, artistic
and introvert.
17. I. TYPE APPROACHES
• Jung has proposed another important typology by grouping people
into Introverts & Extraverts.
• Introverts are people who prefer to be alone, tend to avoid others,
withdraw themselves in the face of emotional conflicts, and are shy.
• Extraverts are sociable, outgoing, drawn to occupations that allow
dealing directly with people, and react to stress by trying to lose
themselves among people and social activity.
18. TYPE-A AND TYPE-B PERSONALITIES
• Friedman and Rosenman have classified individuals into Type-A and Type-B personalities
• TYPE-A PERSONALITY
• Seem to possess high motivation, lack patience, feel short of time, be in a great hurry, and
feel like being always burdened with work.
• Such people find it difficult to slow down and relax. People with Type-A personality are more
susceptible to problems like hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD).
• The risk of developing CHD with Type-A personality is sometimes even greater than the risks
caused by high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, or smoking.
• TYPE-B PERSONALITY
• The absence of Type-A traits
19. TYPE C & TYPE D PERSONALITY
• Morris has suggested a Type-C personality, which is prone to cancer.
Individuals characterized by this personality are cooperative,
unassertive and patient.
• They suppress their negative emotions (e.g., anger), and show
compliance to authority.
• Type-D personality has been suggested, which is characterised by
proneness to depression.
20. CRITICISMS OF THE TYPE APPROACH
• Personality typologies are usually very appealing, but are too
simplistic.
• Human behaviour is highly complex and variable.
• Assigning people to a particular personality type is difficult.
• People do not fit into such simple categorisation schemes so neatly.
21. II. TRAIT APPROACHES
• A trait is considered as a relatively enduring attribute or quality on which one
individual differs from another.
• (a) traits are relatively stable over time
• (b) they are generally consistent across situations
• (c) their strengths and combinations vary across individuals leading to individual
differences in personality.
22. II. TRAIT APPROACHES
• The Trait Approaches are:
1. Allport’s Trait Theory
2. Cattell: Personality Factors
3. Eysenck’s Theory
4. Five-Factor Model of Personality
23. ALLPORT’S TRAIT THEORY
• Gordon Allport proposed that individuals possess a number of traits, which are dynamic in
nature.
• They determine behaviour in such a manner that an individual approaches different
situations with similar plans.
• CARDINAL TRAITS are highly generalised dispositions. They indicate the goal around which
a person’s entire life seems to revolve. Eg: Gandhi, Harishchander, Hitler
• Less pervasive in effect, but still quite generalised dispositions, are called CENTRAL TRAITS.
Eg: Calm, Shy, Aggressive
• The least generalised characteristics of a person are called SECONDARY TRAITS. Eg:
Likes/Dislikes
• Allport considered traits more like intervening variables that occur between the stimulus
situation and response of the person.
24. CATTELL: PERSONALITY FACTORS
• Raymond Cattell tried to identify the primary traits from a
huge array of descriptive adjectives found in language.
• He applied a statistical technique, called factor analysis, to
discover the common structures.
• He found 16 primary or source traits.
• The source traits are stable, and are considered as the
building blocks of personality.
• Besides these, there are also a number of surface traits that
result out of the interaction of source traits.
• Cattell described the source traits in terms of opposing
tendencies.
• He developed a test, called Sixteen Personality Factor
Questionnaire (16PF), for the assessment of personality.
25. EYSENCK’S THEORY
• H.J. Eysenck proposed that personality could be reduced into two broad dimensions. These are
biologically and genetically based. Each dimension subsumes a number of specific traits.
(1) Neuroticism Vs. Emotional Stability : It refers to the degree to which people have control
over their feelings. Neurotics are anxious, moody, touchy, restless and quickly lose control. At
the other extreme lie people who are calm, even tempered, reliable and remain under control.
(2) Extraversion vs. introversion : It refers to the degree to which people are socially outgoing or
socially withdrawn. At one extreme are those who are active, gregarious, impulsive and thrill
seeking. At the other extreme are people who are passive, quiet, cautious and reserved.
• Psychoticism vs. Sociability
• Eysenck Personality Questionnaire is the test which is used for studying these dimensions of
personality.
26. FIVE-FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY- THE BIG 5
• Paul Costa and Robert McCrae
1. OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE : Those who score high on this factor are imaginative, curious, open to
new ideas, and interested in cultural pursuits. In contrast, those who score low are rigid.
2. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS : Those who score high on this factor are achievement-oriented,
dependable, responsible, prudent, hardworking and self-controlled. On the opposite are people
who are impulsive.
3. EXTRAVERSION : It characterises people who are socially active, assertive, outgoing, talkative, and
fun loving. On its opposite are people who are shy.
4. AGREEABLENESS : This factor characterises people who are helpful, co-operative, friendly, caring,
and nurturing. On the opposite are people who are hostile and self-centered.
5. NEUROTICISM : People who score high on this factor are emotionally unstable, anxious, worried,
fearful, distressed, irritable and hypertensive. On the opposite side are people who are well
adjusted.
27. III. PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
• Levels of Consciousness
• THREE LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• The first level is conscious, which includes the thoughts,
feelings and actions of which people are aware.
• The second level is preconscious, which includes mental
activity of which people may become aware only if they
attend to it closely.
• The third level is unconscious, which include mental activity
that people are unaware of.
28.
29. THE UNCONSCIOUS
• The unconscious is a reservoir of instinctive or animal drives.
• It also stores all ideas and wishes that are concealed from conscious awareness, perhaps,
because they lead to psychological conflicts.
• Most of these arise from sexual desires which cannot be expressed openly and therefore are
repressed.
• People constantly struggle to find either some socially acceptable ways to express
unconscious impulses, or to keep those impulses away from being expressed.
• Unsuccessful resolution of conflicts results in abnormal behaviour.
• Analysis of forgetting, mispronunciations, jokes and dreams provide us with a means to
approach the unconscious.
• Freud developed a therapeutic procedure, called psychoanalysis.
• The basic goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to bring therepressed unconscious materials to
consciousness, thereby helping people to live in a more self-aware and integrated manner.
30. ID
• Id : It is the source of a person’s instinctual energy.
• It deals with immediate gratification of primitive needs, sexual
desires and aggressive impulses.
• It works on the pleasure principle, which assumes that people
seek pleasure and try to avoid pain.
• Freud considered much of a person’s instinctual energy to be
sexual, and the rest as aggressive. Id does not care for moral
values, society, or other individuals.
32. EGO
• It grows out of id, and seeks to satisfy an individual’s instinctual needs in accordance with
reality.
• It works by the reality principle, and often directs the id towards more appropriate ways of
behaving.
• For example, the id of a boy, who wants an ice-cream cone, tells him to grab the cone and
eat it.
• His ego tells him that if he grabs the cone without asking, he may be punished.
• Working on the reality principle, the boy knows that the best way to achieve gratification is
to ask for permission to eat the cone.
• Thus, while the id is demanding, unrealistic and works according to pleasure principle, the
ego is patient, reasonable, and works by the reality principle.
33. SUPEREGO
• Superego : The best way to characterise the superego is to think of it as the
moral branch of mental functioning.
• The superego tells the id and the ego whether gratification in a particular
instance is ethical.
• It helps control the id by internalising the parental authority through the
process of socialisation.
• For example, if a boy sees and wants an icecream cone and asks his mother for
it, his superego will indicate that his behavior is morally correct.
• This approach towards obtaining the ice-cream will not create guilt, fear or
anxiety in the boy.
34. • Thus, in terms of individual functioning Freud thought of the unconscious as
being composed of three competing forces.
• In some people, the id is stronger than the superego; in others, it is the
superego.
• The relative strength of the id, ego and superego determines each person’s
stability.
• Freud also assumed that id is energised by two instinctual forces, called life
instinct and death instinct.
• He paid less attention to the death instinct and focused more on the life (or
sexual) instinct.
• The instinctual life force that energises the id is called libido. It works on the
pleasure principle, and seeks immediate gratification.
35. EGO DEFENCE MECHANISMS
• According to Freud, much of human behaviour reflects an attempt to deal with
or escape from anxiety.
• Thus, how the ego deals with anxiety largely determines how people behave.
• Freud believed that people avoid anxiety mainly by developing defence
mechanisms that try to defend the ego against the awareness of the instinctual
needs.
• Thus, defence mechanism is a way of reducing anxiety by distorting reality.
• Although some defence against anxiety is normal and adaptive, people who use
these mechanisms to such an extent that reality is truly distorted develop
various forms of maladjustment.
39. ORAL STAGE
• A newborn’s instincts are focused on the mouth.
• This is the infant’s primary pleasure seeking centre. It is through the mouth
that the baby obtains food that reduces hunger.
• The infant achieves oral gratification through feeding, thumb sucking, biting
and babbling.
• It is during these early months that people’s basic feelings about the world
are established.
• Thus, for Freud, an adult who considers the world a bitter place probably had
difficulty during the oral stage of development.
40. ANAL STAGE
• It is found that around ages two and three the child learns to respond to some
of the demands of the society.
• One of the principal demands made by parents is that the child learns to
control the bodily functions of urination and defecation.
• Most children at this age experience pleasure in moving their bowels.
• The anal area of the body becomes the focus of certain pleasurable feelings.
• This stage establishes the basis for conflict between the id and the ego, and
between the desire for babyish pleasure and demand for adult, controlled
behaviour.
41. PHALLIC STAGE
• This stage focuses on the genitals.
• At around ages four and five children begin to realise the differences between males and
females.
• They become aware of sexuality and the sexual relationship between their parents.
• During this stage, the male child experiences the Oedipus Complex, which involves love for
the mother, hostility towards the father, and the consequent fear of punishment or castration
by the father (Oedipus was a Greek king who unknowingly killed his father and then married
his mother).
• A major developmental achievement of this stage is the resolution of the Oedipus complex.
• This takes place by accepting his father’s relationship with his mother, and modelling his own
behaviour after his father.
42. PHALLIC STAGE
• For girls, the Oedipus complex (called the Electra Complex after Electra, a Greek character,
who induced her brother to kill their mother) follows a slightly different course.
• By attaching her love to the father a girl tries to symbolically marry him and raise a family.
• When she realises that this is unlikely, she begins to identify with her mother and copy her
behaviour as a means of getting (or, sharing in) her father’s affection.
• The critical component in resolving the Oedipus complex is the development of identification
with the same sex parents.
• In other words, boys give up sexual feelings for their mothers and begin to see their fathers
as role models rather than as rivals; girls give up their sexual desires for their father and
identify with their mother.
43. LATENCY STAGE & GENITAL STAGE
LATENCY STAGE
• This stage lasts from about seven years until puberty.
• During this period, the child continues to grow physically, but sexual urges are relatively
inactive.
• Much of a child’s energy is channelled into social or achievement related activities.
GENITAL STAGE
• During this stage, the person attains maturity in psychosexual development.
• The sexuality, fears and repressed feelings of earlier stages are once again exhibited.
• People learn to deal with members of the opposite sex in a socially and sexually mature
way.
• However, if the journey towards this stage is marked by excessive stress or over-indulgence,
it may cause fixation to an earlier stage of development.
44. PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
Freud’s theory also postulates that as children proceed from one stage to another
stage of development, they seem to adjust their view of the world.
• FIXATION- Failure of a child to pass successfully through a stage leads to
fixation to that stage. In this situation, the child’s development gets arrested at
an earlier stage.
• REGRESSION – Takes a person back to an earlier stage. Regression occurs when
a person’s resolution of problems at any stage of development is less than
adequate. In this situation, people display behaviours typical of a less mature
stage of development.
45. IV. POST-FREUDIAN APPROACHES
• Neo-analytic, or Post- Freudian in order to differentiate their work
from Freud’s.
• Less prominent roles to sexual and aggressive tendencies of the id and
expansion of the concept of ego.
• The human qualities of creativity, competence, and problem solving
abilities are emphasized.
46. NEO-FREUDIANS
1. Carl Jung: Aims and Aspirations
2. Karen Horney: Optimism
3. Alfred Adler: Lifestyle & Social Interest
4. Erich Fromm: Human Concerns
5. Erik Erikson: Search for Identity
47. CARL JUNG: AIMS & ASPIRATIONS
• Human beings guided as much by aims and aspirations
• Analytical Psychology - The basic assumption of his theory is that personality consists of
competing forces and structures within the individual (that must be balanced) rather than
between the individual and the demands of society, or between the individual and reality.
• Collective Unconscious consisting of archetypes or primordial images.
• These are not individually acquired, but are inherited. The God or the Mother Earth is a good
example of archetypes.
• They are found in myths, dreams and arts of all mankind.
• Jung held that the self strives for unity and oneness.
• According to him, for achieving unity and wholeness, a person must become increasingly
aware of the wisdom available in one’s personal and collective unconscious, and must learn to
live in harmony with it.
48. KAREN HORNEY : OPTIMISM
• A more optimistic view of human life with emphasis on human growth and self-actualisation.
• Horney’s major contribution lies in her challenge to Freud’s treatment of women as inferior.
• According to her, each sex has attributes to be admired by the other, and neither sex can be viewed as
superior or inferior.
• She countered that women were more likely to be affected by social and cultural factors than by
biological factors.
• She argued that psychological disorders were caused by disturbed interpersonal relationship during
childhood.
• When parents’ behaviour toward a child is indifferent, discouraging, and erratic, the child feels
insecure and a feeling called basic anxiety results.
• Deep resentment toward parents or basic hostility occurs due to this anxiety.
• By showing excessive dominance or indifference, or by providing too much or too little approval,
parents can generate among children feelings of isolation and helplessness which interfere with their
healthy development.
49. ALFRED ADLER: LIFESTYLE & SOCIAL INTEREST
• Adler’s theory is known as INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY.
• His basic assumption is that human behaviour is purposeful and goal directed.
• Each one of us has the capacity to choose and create.
• Our personal goals are the sources of our motivation.
• The goals that provide us with security and help us in overcoming the feelings
of inadequacy are important in our personality development.
• In Adler’s view, every individual suffers from the feelings of inadequacy and
guilt, i.e. inferiority complex, which arise from childhood.
• Overcoming this complex is essential for optimal personality development.
50. ERICH FROMM : THE HUMAN CONCERNS
• Fromm developed his theory from a social orientation.
• He viewed human beings as basically social beings who could be understood in terms of their
relationship with others.
• He argued that psychological qualities such as growth and realisation of potentials resulted
from a desire for freedom, and striving for justice and truth.
• Fromm holds that character traits (personality) develop from our experiences with other
individuals.
• While culture is shaped by the mode of existence of a given society, people’s dominant
character traits in a given society work as forces in shaping the social processes and the culture
itself.
• His work recognises the value of positive qualities, such as tenderness and love in personality
development.
51. ERIK ERIKSON : SEARCH FOR IDENTITY
• Erikson’s theory lays stress on rational, conscious ego processes in
personality development.
• In his theory, development is viewed as a lifelong process, and ego
identity is granted a central place in this process.
• His concept of identity crisis of adolescent age has drawn considerable
attention.
• Erikson argues that young people must generate for themselves a
central perspective and a direction that can give them a meaningful
sense of unity and purpose.
52. CRITICISMS OF PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
(1) The theories are largely based on case studies; they lack a rigorous scientific
basis.
(2) They use small and atypical individuals as samples for advancing
generalisations.
(3) The concepts are not properly defined, and it is difficult to submit them to
scientific testing.
(4) Freud has used males as the prototype of all human personality development.
He overlooked female experiences and perspectives.
53. V. BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH
• This approach does not give importance to the internal dynamics of behaviour.
• Behaviourists believe in data, which they feel are definable, observable, and
measurable.
• Personality can be best understood as the response of an individual to the
environment.
• They see the development simply as a change in response characteristics, i.e. a person
learns new behaviours in response to new environments and stimuli.
• the structural unit of personality is the response. Each response is a behaviour, which is
emitted to satisfy a specific need.
• Classical conditioning (Pavlov), instrumental conditioning (Skinner), and observational
learning (Bandura) view learning and maintenance of behaviour from different angles.
54. VI. CULTURAL APPROACH
• In relation to the features of ecological and cultural environment.
• A group’s ‘economic maintenance system’ plays a vital role in the origin of cultural and
behavioural variations.
• The climatic conditions, the nature of terrain of the habitat and the availability of food (flora
and fauna) in it determine not only people’s economic activities, but also their settlement
patterns, social structures, division of labour, and other features such as childrearing practices.
• Taken together these elements constitute a child’s overall learning environment.
• Rituals, ceremonies, religious practices, arts, recreational activities, games and play are the
means through which people’s personality gets projected in a culture.
• People develop various personality (behavioural) qualities in an attempt to adapt to the
ecological and cultural features of a group’s life.
• Thus, the cultural approach considers personality as an adaptation of individuals or groups to
the demands of their ecology and culture.
55. VII. HUMANISTIC APPROACH
• Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow’s reaction to Freud
• The most important idea proposed by Rogers is that of a Fully
Functioning Person.
• He believes that fulfilment is the motivating force for personality
development.
• People try to express their capabilities, potentials and talents to the
fullest extent possible.
• There is an inborn tendency among persons that directs them to
actualise their inherited nature.
56. CARL ROGERS
• Two basic assumptions about human behaviour:
1. Behaviour is goal-directed and worthwhile.
2. People (who are innately good) will almost always choose adaptive, self-actualising behaviour.
• The theory assumes that people are constantly engaged in the process of actualising their true self.
• self and ideal self- Correspondence vs. Discrepancy
• People have a tendency to maximise self-concept through self-actualisation. In this process, the self grows,
expands and becomes more social.
• Personality development as a continuous process. It involves learning to evaluate oneself and mastering the
process of self-actualisation.
• The role of social influences in the development of self-concept. When social conditions are positive, the self-
concept and self-esteem are high. In contrast, when the conditions are negative, the self-concept and self-
esteem are low.
• People with high self-concept and self-esteem are generally flexible and open to new experiences, so that they
can continue to grow and self-actualise.
• Unconditional Positive Regard, Non-Judgmental Attitude, Empathy- Client Centered Therapy
57. ABRAHAM MASLOW
• Maslow had an optimistic and positive view of man who has the potentialities for love, joy and
to do creative work.
• Human beings are considered free to shape their lives and to self-actualise.
• Self-actualisation becomes possible by analysing the motivations that govern our life.
• We know that biological, security, and belongingness needs (called survival needs) are
commonly found among animals and human beings.
• Thus, an individual’s sole concern with the satisfaction of these needs reduces her/ him to the
level of animals.
• The real journey of human life begins with the pursuit of self-esteem and self-actualisation
needs.
• The humanistic approach emphasises the significance of positive aspects of life.
58. BEING HEALTHY
1. They become aware of themselves, their feelings, and their limits;
accept themselves, and what they make of their lives as their own
responsibility; have ‘the courage to be’.
2. They experience the “here-and-now”; are not trapped.
3. They do not live in the past or dwell in the future through anxious
expectations and distorted defences.
59. ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY
• A formal effort aimed at understanding personality of an individual is termed as
Personality Assessment.
• Assessment refers to the procedures used to evaluate or differentiate people on
the basis of certain characteristics.
• GOAL- To understand and predict behaviour with minimum error and maximum
accuracy.
• USES- Understanding, Diagnosis, Training, Placement, Counselling, etc.
61. SELF-REPORT MEASURES
• By asking her/him about herself/himself.
• Fairly structured measures, based on theory.
• Require subjects to give verbal responses using some kind of rating scale.
• Subjects objectively reports her/his own feelings with respect to various items.
• The responses are accepted at their face value.
• They are scored in quantitative terms and interpreted on the basis of norms developed for
the test.
• Examples- MMPI, EPQ, 16PF.
62. THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY
INVENTORY (MMPI)
• By Hathaway and McKinley
• Revised version is available as
MMPI-2.
• It consists of 567 statements. The
subject has to judge each
statement as ‘true’ or ‘false’ for
her/ him.
• Indian Adaptation- Jodhpur
Multiphasic Personality Inventory
(JMPI) by Mallick and Joshi.
63. EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE (EPQ)
• The EPQ was designed to assess
the personality traits of
psychoticism, extraversion,
neuroticism, and social
desirability.
• Questions- 100 items using a
yes/no format.
64. SIXTEEN PERSONALITY FACTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
(16 PF)
• 16PF Fifth Edition contains 185 multiple-choice items
• Some sample statements in 16 PF:
Are you always open and honest about your feelings?
Do you think that most people are more aggressive and self-confident than you are?
Would you wish that you were more persuasive?
Do your friends sometimes say about you that you are a somewhat self-important person?
Do you find that you often worry about little things?
• It has been found extremely useful in career guidance, vocational exploration,
and occupational testing.
65. CRITICISMS OF SELF- REPORT MEASURES
• Social Desirability - Tendency on the part of the respondent to
endorse items in a socially desirable manner.
• Acquiescence - Tendency of the subject to agree with
items/questions irrespective of their contents. It often appears in
the form of saying ‘yes’ to items. These tendencies render the
assessment of personality less reliable.
66. PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES
• Direct Vs. Indirect Methods…
• Theoretical base- psychoanalysis…
• Projective techniques were developed to assess unconscious motives and
feelings.
• These techniques are based on the assumption that a less structured or
unstructured stimulus or situation will allow the individual to project her/his
feelings, desires and needs on to that situation.
67. SIMILARITIES IN PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES
(1) The stimuli are relatively or fully unstructured and poorly defined.
(2) The person being assessed is usually not told about the purpose of assessment and the
method of scoring an interpretation.
(3) The person is informed that there are no correct or incorrect responses.
(4) Each response is considered to reveal a significant aspect of personality.
(5) Scoring and interpretation are lengthy and sometimes subjective.
(6) They generally require qualitative analyses
68. THE RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST
• By Hermann Rorschach
• Test consists of 10 inkblots
• 5 in black and white
• 2 with some red ink
• 3 in some pastel colours
• The cards are administered individually in two
phases:
• Performance proper, the subjects are shown the
cards and are asked to tell what they see in each
of them.
• Inquiry, a detailed report of the response such as
where, how, and on what basis was a particular
response made.
69. THE THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT)
• By Morgan and Murray
• The test consists of 30 black and white picture
cards and one blank card.
• The cards are presented one at a time.
• The subject is asked to tell a story describing the
situation presented.
• What led up to the situation? what is happening
at the moment? what will happen in the future?
What the characters are feeling and thinking?
• A standard procedure is available for scoring TAT
responses.
• Uma Chaudhury’s Indian adaptation of TAT.
70. ROSENZWEIG’S PICTURE-FRUSTRATION STUDY
(P-F STUDY)
• To assess how people express aggression in the face of a frustrating situation.
• The test presents with the help of cartoon like pictures a series of situations in which one
person frustrates another, or calls attention to a frustrating condition.
• Attempt is to examine whether the focus on:
• the frustrating object
• on protection of the frustrated person
• on constructive solution of the problem
• The direction of aggression may be towards the :
• Environment
• towards oneself
• may be tuned off in an attempt to gloss over or evade the situation.
• Pareek has adapted this test for use with the Indian population.
71. SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST
• This test makes use of a number of incomplete sentences.
• The starting part of the sentence is first presented and the subject has to provide an ending to
the sentence.
• It is held that the type of endings used by the subjects reflect their attitudes, motivation and
conflicts.
• The test provides subjects with several opportunities to reveal their underlying unconscious
motivations.
• Examples:
1.My father——————————————
2. My greatest fear is —————————
3. The best thing about my mother is ——————————
4. I am proud of ————————————————————
72. DRAW-A-PERSON TEST
Draw a person on a sheet
of paper.
Draw the figure of an opposite
sex person.
Make a story about the
person as if s/he was a
character in a novel or play.
Interpretations are as follows:
• Omission of facial features suggests that the person tries to evade a highly
conflict-ridden interpersonal relationship.
• Graphic emphasis on the neck suggests lack of control over impulses.
• Disproportionately large head suggests organic brain disease and
preoccupation with headaches.
73. EVALUATION OF PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES
• The analysis of personality with the help of projective techniques
appears fairly interesting.
• It helps us to understand unconscious motives, deep-rooted conflicts,
and emotional complexes of an individual.
• However, the interpretation of the responses requires sophisticated
skills and specialized training.
• There are problems associated with the reliability of scoring and
validity of interpretations.
74. BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
• A person’s behaviour in a variety of situations can provide us with meaningful
information about her/his personality.
• Interview - Diagnostic interviewing, Structured vs Unstructured
• Observation - Sophisticated procedure that cannot be carried out by untrained people
LIMITATIONS OF INTERVIEW & OBSERVATIONS:
(1) Professional training required for collection of useful data through these methods is quite demanding and
time consuming.
(2) Maturity of the psychologist is a precondition for obtaining valid data through these techniques.
(3) Mere presence of the observer may contaminate the results. As a stranger, the observer may influence the
behaviour of the person being observed and thus not obtain good data.
75. BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
• Ratings
• From people who know the assessee intimately and have interacted with her/him over a period of time,
or have had a chance to observe her/him
• Categories in terms of their behavioural qualities
LIMITATIONS: Halo Effect, Middle Category Bias, Extreme Response Bias.
• Nomination
• Obtaining peer assessment
• Each person is asked to choose one or more persons of the group with whom s/he would like to work,
study, play or participate in any other activity.
• Nominations thus received may be analysed to understand the personality and behavioural qualities of
the person.
LIMITATIONS: Personal Biases.
76. BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS
• Situational tests
• Situational stress test, a person to perform a given task with other persons
who are instructed to be non-cooperative and interfering.
• Kind of role playing
• Verbal report is also obtained on what s/he was asked to do.
• The situation may be realistic one, or it may be created through a video play