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| What is functional autonomy? |
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| It states that the motives of mature, emotionally healthy adults are NOT functionally connected to prior experiences, in which they initially appeared. |
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| Describe three principles that govern propriate functional autonomy. |
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1) Energy organization
2) Mastery/competence
3) Propriate patterning |
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| According to Allport, what is the proprium? |
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| According to Allport, what is the role of cognitive processes in personality development? |
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| They are our conscious plans & intentions. They are a vital part of personality. He critiqued approaches like Freud's which focused on unconscious & irrational forces. |
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| What is the relationship between adult motives & childhood experiences? |
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The adult personality grows out of childhood needs & experiences but is no longer determined or dominated by childhood drives
If the childhood needs of safety & affection have been met, the proprium is able to fully develop. |
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| What are the two levels of functional autonomy? |
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| Perseverative & Propriate. |
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| Perseverative level of functional autonomy. |
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The more elementary level of functional autonomy that relates to low-level & routine behaviors.
Eg: Addictions |
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| Propriate level of functional autonomy. |
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| Central to adult motivation. Relates to values, self-image & lifestyles. Propriate motives are unique to the individual. The proprium determines which motives are retained. We retain motives that enhance our self-image. |
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| There is a direct relationship between our abilities & enjoyment-satisfaction. True/False? |
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| True. We enjoy doing what we do well. |
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| Describe energy organization. |
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| Explains how we acquire new motives. New motives arise from necessity. We have to consume excess energy that would otherwise be directed towards destructive behavior. |
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| Describe mastery/competence. |
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| The level at which we choose to satisfy our motives. Not satisfactory to just acquire satisfactory level of our goals. |
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| Describe propriate patterning. |
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| Striving for consistency & integration of personality. We organize our perceptual & cognitive processes around the self, keeping what enhances our self-image & rejecting the rest. |
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| Propriate motives are dependent on the structure or pattern of the self. True/False? |
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| All behaviors & motives can be explained by the principles of functional autonomy. True/False? |
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| According to Allport, how many stages of proprium development are there? |
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| Allport's stages of proprium development are from infancy to adulthood. True/False? |
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| False! Infancy to adolescence. |
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| Bodily-self. Infant becomes aware of their existence & distinguish themselves from objects in the environment. |
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| Self-identity. Marked by a sense of continuity of one's identity. Children realize they remain the same people, despite changes in their bodies & abilities. Enhanced when they learn their names & see themselves as separate from other people. |
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| Self-esteem. Occurs when children become aware of their ability to accomplish things. Child is motivated to explore/build things etc. If parents thwart the child's attempts to accomplish things, self-esteem will not develop. |
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| Extension of self. Growing awareness of objects & people in the environment. Child begins to develop identification that objects & people in the environment belong to them. "My parents", "My house" etc. |
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| Self-image. Incorporating how a child sees & would like to see himself. Child's real & ideal self-images really depend on interaction with parents. Child becomes aware of satisfying or failing to satisfy parents' expectations. |
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| Child as the "rational coper". Child begins to realize that reason & logic can be applied to everyday problems. |
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| Proprium & propriate strivings. Child begins to formulate plans for the future. Until the child does so, his sense of self & proprium will remain incomplete. |
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| According to Allport, the ultimate goal for the mature adult is to: |
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| Increase tension. Always compelled to seek out new challenges/sensations etc. The reward is the process of achieving rather than the specific achievement. We require goals to motivate us & maintain an optimal level of tension in our personality. |
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| Allport was only interested in positive psychological growth. True/False? |
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| According to Allport, if childhood needs of security & affection are frustrated, what would happen? |
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| The proprium will not develop properly. |
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| According to Allport, neurotic adults are not functionally autonomous, function based off childhood motives & do not develop traits & dispositions. True/False? |
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