PSYU9IN - Individual differences WEEK 4

WEEK 4
26 October 2022 13:57

4.2 Cognitive Personality Theories
4.3 Humanist Personality Theories
GEORGE KELLY's theories of Personal Constructs and Rep Grids

PERSONAL CONSTRUCT: Abraham Maslow's Self-Actualisation and the hierarchy of needs

- We are all scientists: explore world and free will HUMAN-CENTRED APPROACH

- Personal construct: how view events/people + act according to perception Everyone is capable of change and growth
• Deficiency motives
- Freely change interpretation of events/people - constructive alternativism • Growth motivies

- ACT BASED TO OUR FUTURE AIMS AND GOALS, NOT PAST HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
(But take info from past)



Organizing personal construct theory: Fundamental postulate and 11
corollaries




RARE FIND SELF-ACTUALISED PEOPLE
• Exhibit B-cognition – non-judgemental thought/transient (not constant)
• B-values (truth, justice, richness)
• Peak experiences (Fully present & plateau experiences )

• D-cognition (judgemental and every-day perception of reality

EVALUATION

Decription
• Positive through simple focus on motivation
• No mention genetics
Explanation
• Good overview
Empirical validity
• Chose people (subjectiviely)
Testable concepts
• Hard test peak experiences + self-actualisation
• POI –subscales
Comprehensiveness

• Only focus on positive – not enough detail
Parsimony
• Too simple and concise
Heuristic value
• Focus on healthy – positive psychology
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

We want knowledge

Continue change and reinterpret events and environment

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