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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Proprium: Development of oneself

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No psychologist who studies the identity of the person does not believe that a person - is not just a set of linked to each other elements. The concept of personality are interrelated and holistic set of characteristics that give the individual a certain originality. It is reasonable therefore to assume that there is a principle of organizing installation, evaluation, motivation, feelings and inclinations together. According to Allport, to solve the problem of knowledge and describe the nature of the person required constructs a level of generality, as I have, or lifestyle. But all these terms contain too many ambiguous adverse connotations and semantic ambiguities, so that Allport introduces a new term - proprium. Proprium can be translated as "An integral property." The specific construct that does not exist separately from the person
According to Allport, proprium is a positive, creative, striving for growth and developing of human nature. This quality, "be aware of the most important and central" (Allport, 1968a, p. 4). We are talking about a part of the subjective experience as "mine". In short, it's everything that nazivaem of "a".
Allport believed that proprium covers all aspects of the personality that contribute to a sense of inner unity (Allport, 1955). He saw the value of persistence in the proprium of man regarding his dispositions, intentions, and future goals. At the same time he did not think proprium homunculus or "little man that lives inside a person." Proprium is inseparable from the person as a whole. This kind of organizing and unifying force, the purpose of which - the formation of the uniqueness of human life.
Consider proprium, in terms of transhumanism, we can both stages in the evolution of Homo sapiens, in the post man.
Allport (Allport, 1961) identified seven different aspects I involved in the development proprium from childhood to maturity. These so-called propriativnye function evolve slowly, and as a result of the final consolidation of forms I, as an object of cognition and subjective sensations. The following distinctive features of the person presented in the order of their successive appearance of the developing individual (tab. 6-1).
Table 6-1
Stages of development proprium of Allport
Stage
Aspect
Definition
1
I Bodily
Awareness of bodily sensations
2
Self-awareness
The constancy and continuity I am, regardless of the changes taking place
3
Self-esteem
pride in their own achievements
4
Expansion of myself
I start include the important aspects of the social and physical environment
5
The image of themselves
in the goals and aspirations of the individual begins to reflect the expectations of significant other
6
Good governance
is the use of abstract reasoning and logic to solve the everyday problems
7
Personal commitment
holistic sense of "self" and planning long-term goals


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