COLLECTION NAME:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Peter G. Ossorio Collection
Title:
Personality and Personality Theories, lecture 19
Title Type:
Devised
Alternative Title:
Allport 2
Alternative Title:
Allport 3
Name:
Ossorio, Peter G.
Resource Type:
Audio
Genre:
sound recordings
Genre:
lectures
Place Created:
Boulder (Colo.)
Date Created:
1974-11-12
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 audiocassette (1 hour, 42 min., 2 sec.)
Form:
open reel audiotapes
Abstract:
Recorded lecture #19 provided by Dr. Peter Ossorio from his advanced personality course titled Personality and Personality Theories. Ossorio continues to discuss George Allport's trait theory of personality. The class reviews the chess game from the end of lecture #18. During the second half of the lecture they talk about self actualization.
Note:
00:00:00 Dr. Peter Ossorio asks the class if they have any questions from the last hour. Ossorio reminds the class what their previous discussion was about, that being, the hierarchical organization of traits. 00:01:05 Ossorio continues to talk about the notion of a trait. 00:01:45 Ossorio reviews the last exercise they did together which was reviewing the descriptions one could give of traits through a chess game. 00:25:10 Ossorio talks about the self and the function of knowing related to the chess game exercise. He continues to talk about behaviors related to the chess game. 00:35:30 The class talks about Gordon Allport’s theory of traits, attitudes, and values as it relates to the chess game. 01:03:00 Ossorio talks about the structure and strategy of the chess game. 01:10:14 Ossorio talks about the problem with instinct theories and behaviors. 01:11:20 Ossorio reminds the class of content free formulations. He talks about the parameters of the formulations. 01:14:20 Ossorio talks about the difference between Sigmund Freud’s theory and Allport’s theory. 01:19:40 Ossorio switches the conversation to Allport and the notion of self. He briefly talks about the history of American psychology. He also talks about the concepts of the inner man and the outer man. 01:26:25 Ossorio asks the class to look at their book about the description of self and appropriate functioning. 01:28:15 Ossorio talks about phenomenology and William James’ theories of the self. 01:29:25 Ossorio circles back to Allport’s theory of the self and its functions. 01:30:25 Ossorio talks about the connections of self and longitudinal development. He continues to talk about genuine functional autonomy 01:33:30 Ossorio talks about self actualization. He brings up humor from Allport’s theory. 01:38:25 Ossorio talks about Allport’s theory and the unifying philosophy of life or unity notion. 01:41:15 Ossiorio wraps up the lecture and states they will be talking about the operant conditioning theory next. 01:42:01 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:
Personality
Subject Topic:
Psychology--Study and teaching
Subject Topic:
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Subject Name:
Allport, Gordon W. (Gordon Willard), 1897-1967
Subject Name:
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
Identifier:
U183071307124_narv_ossorioPeter_37-12_advancedPersonalityLectures19_a.mp3
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU:3855 | Box: 37 | Tape: 12
Related Item:
Personality and Personality Theories
Date Captured:
Spring, 2024
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
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