<i>Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality.</i>Gordon W. Allport

Hartung, Frank E.

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“…In his seminal text on personality psychology, Allport (1955) cautioned against a Tolkienesque search for the "one ring to rule them all" and, instead, advocated for holistic vision that HPists like Henry (2017) have recently renewed the call for. Rather than personality theory being an enactment of the Indian folk tale of the blind men and elephant, DeRobertis (2021a) admirably restores the vision called for in the mid-20th century by founding HPists (De-Robertis, 2021b) by thoughtfully integrating and building bridges between seemingly disparate lenses and situating their contributions in a humanistic frame that stresses paradox and integration in the process of human becoming.…”

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Review of Profiles of personality: Integration, paradox, and the process of becoming (2nd ed.).

Bland¹

2023

The Humanistic Psychologist

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We shouldn't have to say, 'humanistic psychology.' The adjective should be unnecessary.Do not think of me as being antibehavioristic. I'm antidoctrinaire. . . . I'm against anything that closes doors and cuts off possibilities."-Abraham Maslow (Hall, 1968, p. 57) Five years ago, The Humanistic Psychologist published Henry's (2017) analysis of the abysmally-limited coverage of and misinformation about humanistic psychology (HP) perspectives in contemporary conventional introductory psychology textbooks. His findings were strikingly similar to those from a comparable analysis conducted 2 decades earlier by Churchill (1998), as well as to observations about HP coverage in textbooks on abnormal psychology (Kumar, 2015) and history of psychology (Wertz, 1992(Wertz, , 1998. Henry noted that HP's historical role in challenging the limitations of classical psychoanalysis and decontextualized behaviorism, its contributions to the study of personality and to psychotherapy, and its influence on positive psychology are typically acknowledged. On the other hand, these contributions are overshadowed by several concerning issues.First, quantity-wise, coverage of HP is limited to a total of about 2 to 3 pages per textbook-which is less than .33% of the page count of the average intro book. Second, while coverage of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers generally remains strong, other important HPists-especially contemporary ones (and, I will add, culturally-diverse ones)-are omitted, as are themes central to existential and phenomenological approaches such as meaning-making and intentionality. Importantly, when such matters are broached, their importance is downplayed on the basis that they are not easily conducive to measurement and, thus, have limited empirical support. Equally troubling is the confusion of HPists' cautions about scientism and calls for epistemological and methodological pluralism with an outright rejection of conventional natural science psychology.It would be beyond the scope of this book review to provide as extensive an analysis of HP portrayal in personality textbooks as Henry did for intro books. However, in my

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Review of Profiles of personality: Integration, paradox, and the process of becoming (2nd ed.).

Bland¹

2023

The Humanistic Psychologist

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“…Having freedom could also be a means to desired ends. Psychologists have long encouraged people to change the self in "healthy" directions (e.g., Allport, 1955;Fromm, 1955;Rogers, 1961) and have even advocated for public policy that can foster healthy personalities (Bleidorn et al, 2019). From this perspective, digital environments should not just maximize freedom; they should specifically aid in the development of healthy, prosocial identities.…”

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Freedom and Constraint in Digital Environments: Implications for the Self

Talaifar

Lowery

2022

Perspect Psychol Sci

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We evaluate how features of the digital environment free or constrain the self. Based on the current empirical literature, we argue that modern technological features, such as predictive algorithms and tracking tools, pose four potential obstacles to the freedom of the self: lack of privacy and anonymity, (dis)embodiment and entrenchment of social hierarchy, changes to memory and cognition, and behavioral reinforcement coupled with reduced randomness. Comparing these constraints on the self to the freedom promised by earlier digital environments suggests that digital reality can be designed in more freeing ways. We describe how people reassert personal agency in the face of the digital environment’s constraints and provide avenues for future research regarding technology’s influence on the self.

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“…Another common view held by many early mental health professionals was that spirituality and religion were little more than defense mechanisms that people used to manage anxiety, avoid facing existential questions, justify personal behavior, or control the behavior of others (Blazer, 1998). Combined with the fact that science distanced itself from spirituality and religion, spiritual and religious clients were still largely seen in a negative fashion, despite the efforts of researchers and theorists such as James (1902James ( /1961, Jung (1938), May (1953), Allport (1950, 1955), and Frankl (1962, all of whom wrote extensively on the positive nature of spirituality and religion (Plante, 1999). Eventually, mental health professionals began to conceptualize religion and spirituality in a more positive light, and by the mid-1980s to early 1990s a renewed interest in this area was evident.…”

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A primer on spirituality and mental health.

Aten¹,

Leach²

2009

Spirituality and the Therapeutic Process: A Comprehensive Resource From Intake to Termination.

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Clearly there is a connection between spiritual beliefs and healing in the traditional cultures of the world, and it is currently emerging within Western psychology.-Mary Fukuyama and Todd Sevig It is our belief that theory, research, and practice should be interconnected, especially when working with spiritual issues in therapy. In this chapter, we provide an overview of spirituality and mental health definitions, trends, and research to orient readers to the evolving body of professional psychology literature on spirituality. Although by no means exhaustive, this primer was written to lay a foundation for interpreting and applying the theoretical propositions and clinical practice strategies offered in the following chapters. SPIRITUAL CONTEXTThe meaning of the word spirituality has been the source of great debate among mental health professionals, as numerous definitions have been proposed, compared, and critiqued (Zinnbauer, Pargament, & Scott, 1999). Zinnbauer and Pargament (2005) proposed that "spirituality is defined as a personal or group search for the sacred. Religiousness is defined as a personal or group search for the sacred that unfolds within a traditional sacred context" (p. 35). Spirituality is regarded as a broader construct than religion, although both are multidimensional and have common characteristics. Reflected in

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Becoming: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality.Gordon W. Allport

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Review of Profiles of personality: Integration, paradox, and the process of becoming (2nd ed.).

Review of Profiles of personality: Integration, paradox, and the process of becoming (2nd ed.).

Freedom and Constraint in Digital Environments: Implications for the Self

A primer on spirituality and mental health.

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