Allport

= His father was a physician, and his mother was a teacher.

= He was the youngest among four bothers.

It is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment.

Personality is constantly changing, although there is an organization/system

that binds together the various components of the personality.

• Dynamic Organization

• Psychophysical

• Determine

This notion entails the operation of both body and mind, fused together

• Dynamic Organization

• Psychophysical

• Determine

= Personality is made up of determining tendencies that

play an active role in the individual’s behavior.

= Personality is something and does something

• Dynamic Organization

• Psychophysical

• Determine

The notion of it implies some code of behavior in terms of

which individuals and their acts are appraised/evaluated

• Character

• Temperament

These are dispositions that are closely linked to biological or physiological determinants

and that consequently show relative little modification with development.

• Character

• Temperament

These are neuropsychic structure having the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide equivalent (meaningfully consistent) forms of adaptive and expressive behavior.

= This is a neuropsychic structure peculiar to the individual having the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide equivalent (meaningfully consistent) forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior.

= It is also called Morphogenic Traits.

Personal dispositions: unique to the individual

• Individual Traits

• Common Traits