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Review and Recall: THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

...the psychological study of personality, the application of the methods of science to the riddles posed by man's own behavior,is a relative newcomer. The answers produced by psychology are bound to be measured against those produced by the collective experience and wisdom civilized man down through the ages.

For there seem to be almost as many definitions of personality as there have been writers about it. 

Personality

... the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought (Allport, 1961).

... a person's unique pattern of traits (Guilford, 1959).

... those habits and habit systems of social importance that are stable and resistant to change (Guthrie, 1944).

... the organization of unique behavior equipment an individual has acquired under the special conditions of his development (Lundin, 1961). 

...the most adequate conceptualization of a person's behavior in all its detail (McClelland, 1951).

Source: Conceptions of Personality:Theories and Research by Leon H.Levy, Random House, 1970

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Recall and Review: Abnormal Psychology

1. Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder. Although many behaviours could be considered as abnormal, this branch of psychology generally deals with behavior in a clinical context.^[1] There is a long history of attempts to understand and control behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant (statistically, morally or in some other sense), and there is often cultural variation in the approach taken. The field of abnormal psychology identifies multiple causes for different conditions, employing diverse theories from the general field of psychology and elsewhere, and much still hinges on what exactly is meant by "abnormal". There has traditionally been a divide between psychological and biological explanations, reflecting a philosophicaldualism in regard to the mind body problem. There have also been different approaches in trying to classify mental disorders. Abnormal includes three different categories, they are subnormal, supernormal and paranormal.^[2]

   The science of abnormal psychology studies two types of behaviors: adaptive and maladaptive behaviors. Behaviors that are maladaptive suggest that some problem(s) exist, and can also imply that the individual is vulnerable and cannot cope with environmental stress, which is leading them to have problems functioning in daily life.^[3] Clinical psychology is the applied field of psychology that seeks to assess, understand and treat psychological conditions in clinical practice. The theoretical field known as 'abnormal psychology' may form a backdrop to such work, but clinical psychologists in the current field are unlikely to use the term 'abnormal' in reference to their practice. Psychopathology is a similar term to abnormal psychology but has more of an implication of an underlying pathology (disease process), and as such is a term more commonly used in the medical specialty known as psychiatry.  Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnormal_psychology

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Recall and Review: Psychological Assessment

Most licensure exam takers in the BLEPP 2014 got low score if not failed  on this subject. Special focus and attention should be given to this subject since it is 150 items and it consists of 40% or double of any of the three other subjects (20%) in weight. In some school Psychological Assessment is named as Psychological Testing or Psychological Measurement.

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Review and Recall - Industrial Psychology

An infographics based on the 2014 TOS for Industrial Psychology and chart to help you review. Identify those keywords and terms and understand them. Share with us those terms in the comment section and let's discuss. Review and Recall.

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Free Short Quiz on Filipino Personality

1) It is a temporary and spontaneous but often recurring and unexplainable deviation from what is normal for
an individual, object, or event. To the extent that the deviation is considered temporary and unexplainable, it is a state or behavior regarded as trivial and not necessitating any significant action. It is a culturally accepted
venue of tension reduction to the Filipino propensity for delayed and indirect reactions to frustration and
instigation to aggression. The concept referred to is:

a) Pag-kaasar
b) Sumpong
c) Suya
d) Pag-kainis

2) The Filipino psychologist referred to in question #1 who also pioneered in the indigenous research approach of pagtatanung-tanong is?

a) Virgilio Enriquez
b) Rogelia Pe-Pua
c) Abraham Felipe
d) Rita Mataragnon

3) Except for one in the list below are disparaging descriptions of Filipino motivational characteristics:

a) bahala na
b) ningas kogon
c) manana habit
d) diskarte

4) Identified as a key concept in understanding Filipino personality, Fr. Bulatao describes it as a painful emotion arising from a relationship with an authority figure or with society, inhibiting self-assertion in a situation which is perceived as dangerous to one's ego.

a) Pagka-api
b) Dalamhati
c) Hiya
d) Lungkot

5) In a study by Church, Katigbak and Castaneda on the "Conceptions of Good Psychological Health and
Personality Functioning of Filipino College Students: A Multi-method Investigation, from the list below which method was not used:

a) questionnaire
b) interview
c) focused group discussion
d) rating

6) In the same study above (#5), several interpersonally-oriented categories rated high among the 

respondents closely resemble to  Lynch's "smooth interpersonal relations (SIR)" construct described as 

important Filipino value. Among the list below which one does not belong to the group:

a) concern for others
b) interpersonal warmth
c) effective and enjoyable social relations
d) tolerance of individual 

References:

Church, T., Katigbak, M., & Castaneda, I. (2002) Conceptions of good psychological health and personality functioning of Filipino college students: A multi-method investigation. In A. Bernardo,  M. Sta.Maria, & A. Tan, (Eds.),  Forty Years if of Philippine Psychology (pp, 223-256). Quezon City, Philippines: PAP. 

Mataragnon, R. (2002). A conceptual and psychological analysis of sumpong. In A. Bernardo,  M. Sta.Maria, & A. Tan, (Eds.),  Forty Years if of Philippine Psychology (pp, 315-325). Quezon City, Philippines: PAP.

Check also   - http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1981-23502-001

Free Quiz Reviewer on Theories of Personality

Below is our free quiz on Theories of Personality. If you are interested to get the correct  answer, email (tinorepaso@gmail.com) us your answer to this quiz or post your answer in the comment section and your email address.




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