Collective Coplexes Total Perspectives集体配合物总的观点.docVIP

Collective complexes - total perspectives? P?ivi Alho, Dept. of Psychology, Helsinki University Human characteristics In cognitive psychology, personality representation and personality traits are traditionally studied in two ways, either as judgements about the characteristics of actual people, or as judgements of the interrelations among the characteristics themselves. Most studies of personality structure have relied on the first approach, while internal judgements about the characteristics have been recorded in person perception, where they are assumed to reflect the implicit personality theory of the perceiver. Peabody and Goldberg (1989) suggested that any particular personality characteristic can be best interpreted in the context of a comprehensive structure. In the quest for such a personality-trait structure they categorised common trait adjectives according to similarity and meaning. Jungian interpretation of the implicit personality theory In the figure 1 we see the result of their efforts: a model of the implicit personality theory and, at the same time, the unconscious value system projected on the world. In my interpretation, the Factor I is roughly equivalent to the conventional definition of a self-reliant person, or the dimension of assertiveness. Personality traits such as active, bold, self-confident, forceful, ambitious, and persistent belong to Factor I. Factor II resemblances Verena Kasts (1996) definition of the originally positive mother complex. The ‘mother complex’ expresses social connectedness, alternatively lack of connectedness. The complex seldom comes exclusively from the mother, but almost as importantly from other persons in one’s vicinity, for ex. the child rearing father, siblings and other relatives, as well as non-relatives. The adjectives describing the positive mother complex are flexible, generous, natural, warm, friendly, light-hearted, cheerful, and sociable. Factor III is equivalent to Kasts definition of the original