COLLECTION NAME:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Title:
Personality and Personality Theories, lecture 5
Title Type:
Devised
Alternative Title:
The Person Concept - Critic judgments; Maxims
Name:
Ossorio, Peter G.
Resource Type:
Audio
Genre:
sound recordings
Genre:
lectures
Place Created:
Boulder (Colo.)
Date Created:
1974-09-24
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 audiocassette (1 hour, 42 min., 45 sec.)
Form:
open reel audiotapes
Abstract:
Recorded lecture #5 provided by Dr. Peter Ossorio from his advanced personality course titled Personality and Personality Theories. Ossorio discusses topics including descriptive psychology, critics, delivered action, general notions aesthetic, social , and intellectual appropriateness, and behavioral maxims.
Note:
00:00:00 Peter Ossorio introduces the lecture with a review of a previous topic: principles of use with personal characteristics. 00:02:47 Ossorio discusses the role of the critic and relates it to delivered action. 00:05:08 Ossorio discusses principles of behavior as they relate to pleasure and pain. 00:12:36 Ossorio discusses general notions of appropriateness which includes the notion aesthetic, social appropriateness, and intellectual appropriateness. Ossorio and the audience have a discussion on the topic. 00:21:39 Ossorio discusses the critic who criticizes a description of behavior. Ossorio and the audience discuss the topic. 00:28:43 Ossorio discusses deletion operations and connects it to the critic and the observer describer. Ossorio and the audience have a discussion on the topic. 01:05:09 Ossorio discusses how the critic and appraiser can be wrong and what are their safeguards to prevent error. 01:10:02 Ossorio and audience discuss the topic. 01:21:28 Ossorio discusses the idea that there is no guarantee of being right. He discusses the process of checking facts with coherence. The topic transitions to maxims. 01:26:05 Ossorio discusses the first five behavioral maxims. He discusses the following maxims: 1) a person thinks things are as they seem unless they have reason to think otherwise, and 2) if a person recognizes an opportunity to get something they want they have a reason to try and get it. Ossorio and the audience have a discussion on the topic. 01:42:45 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
[cataloger's note: alternative titles are copied from Ossorio's course outline. To view the outline and additional background information about the recordings, please visit Peter G. Ossorio's webpage titled, "Personality and Personality Theories - Lectures by Peter G. Ossorio, Ph.D. / Presentation : 1974" on the Society for Descriptive Psychology website.]
Subject Topic:
Descriptive psychology
Subject Topic:
Human behavior
Subject Topic:
Psychology--Study and teaching
Subject Topic:
Notions (Psychology)
Subject Topic:
Maxims
Identifier:
U183071307035_narv_ossorioPeter_37-09_advancedPersonalityLectures5_a.mp3
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU:3855 | Box: 37 | Tape: 09
Related Item:
Personality and Personality Theories
Date Captured:
Spring, 2024
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
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