PSY 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Karen Horney, Raymond Cattell, Gordon Allport
Document Summary
Overview: definitions of personality, book"s organization of approaches to personality, brief historical overview of modern personality theory and research. Personality definitions: the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to the environment (allport, that which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation (cattell) Psychoanalytic approach: sigmund freud, alfred adler, carl jung, karen horney. Trait approach: gordon allport, henry murray, raymond cattell, mccrae & costa. Behavioral/ social learning: john watson, bf skinner, julian rotter, albert bandura. History of modern personality theory and research: winter & barenbaum (1999, barenbarum & winter (2008) Uses of historical perspective: origins are interesting, avoid same mistakes; understand early implications, all science exists within social and political context. 19th century intellectual antecedents: belief in individualism, concern with irrationality and the unconscious, emphasis on measurement. Influence of western philosophical-political climate: individuals as important and unique.
