Gordon Allport: Trait Theory

Allport's theory & definition of Personality

dynamic organization

Psychophysical systems

Character

The Raw Materials of Personality

Temperament

Type

Criteria for an Adequate Personality Theory

measures living synthesis

Trait

criterion for a trait

Habit v. Trait

Attitude v. Trait

Individual Traits

Common Traits

Idiographic method

Nomothetic Method

Personal Disposition

Cardinal Disposition

Central Dispositions

Secondary Dispositions

The Proprium

Stages of development of the proprium

Development: sense of self-extension

Development: Emergence of Self-image

Development: Self as Rational Coper

Development: Emergence of Propriate Striving

need reduction

need induction

Development: Self as Knower

must conscience

ought conscious

Functional Autonomy

Criterion for a Theory of Motivation

Perserverative Functional Autonomy

Principles of Propriate Functional Autonomy

Allport focused on:

Characteristics of a Healthy Adult

Capacity for self-extension

emotional security

self-objectification

Motives and growth of an unhealthy person

Prejudice

Extrinsic religion

Intrinsic religion

Letters from Jenny

Expressive Behavior

Scale of Values

Concept of Humanity

Circularity