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JAMES J GALL AOHER, EL PAUL BENOIT AND HERBEKT F. BOYD
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P«T/cW., I«.t4 '.l,/;, 3 I.V340.
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<i. Ri(i(is, MAUCAUKT AND RAIN, MAHUAHET. A claBsification Bystem for the mentally retarded.
Part I: Description. TrainingScli. Bull, 1"J, '>2, ^5, 7.V84.
A STATISTICAL STUDY OF FREUD 'S THEORY
OF PERSONALITY TYPES
ROSS STAGNER
AND
University of Illinois
J. WELDON MOFFITT
Brigham Young University
PROBLEM
One of the chronic problems in personality theory is that of the best way to conceptualize personality organization. Trait theorists have generally held that organization can be conceived in terms of generalized ways of perceiving and responding to a class of situations. The organizing principle is derived from the learning process, so that functionally related habits become organized into higher-order habits.
Different traits are relatively independent of one another. Type theorists, on the other hand, have argued for an over-all unity of personality, a Gestalt quality, such that all the parts have a certain necessary relationship to one another. The organizing principle may be derived either from learning or from heredity, but in either case it is assumed to cover a much more inclusive personality configuration than a specific trait.
Freud proposed the classification of certain individuals as personality types on the basis of the relative
JAMES J GALL AOHER, EL PAUL BENOIT AND HERBEKT F. BOYD
REFERENCES
1. AuTHUii, CiKACE The Arthur adaptation of the Leitcr InkTnational Prrformance Scale. / . din.
P«T/cW., I«.t4 '.l,/;, 3 I.V340.
2. UEN^ENT, T . K. A ii.itt ' oil tlio validity of the Lcitor International Performuncc Scale. J. consult.
Psyrknl., 1050, 14, 234.
3. < 1 uibFOUU, J. p. i 'undameiUal StaiiaHcs in Psychology and Education. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1 '>. '.().
4. LEITKII, R . Cl., t 'luicasian iminis for the Lcitor International Performanci- Scale. Psychol. Serv.
Cent. Jounial, llM '.t, /, 13tHi:W.
5. LoKcjE, I.,BLtM, I,triu.K, AND HuRcEMEisTEit, BESSIE. Manual for the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale. Yonkcrs-oii-IhidBon; World Book, l '.t. ')4.
<i. Ri(i(is, MAUCAUKT AND RAIN, MAHUAHET. A claBsification Bystem for the mentally retarded.
Part I: Description. TrainingScli. Bull, 1"J, '>2, ^5, 7.V84.
A STATISTICAL STUDY OF FREUD 'S THEORY
OF PERSONALITY TYPES
ROSS STAGNER
AND
University of Illinois
J. WELDON MOFFITT
Brigham Young University
PROBLEM
One of the chronic problems in personality theory is that of the best way to conceptualize personality organization. Trait theorists have generally held that organization can be conceived in terms of generalized ways of perceiving and responding to a class of situations. The organizing principle is derived from the learning process, so that functionally related habits become organized into higher-order habits.
Different traits are relatively independent of one another. Type theorists, on the other hand, have argued for an over-all unity of personality, a Gestalt quality, such that all the parts have a certain necessary relationship to one another. The organizing principle may be derived either from learning or from heredity, but in either case it is assumed to cover a much more inclusive personality configuration than a specific trait.
Freud proposed the classification of certain individuals as personality types on the basis of the relative
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