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According to Allport’s psychology of the individual, each person is unique and has a personality that grows and changes. He also believed everyone possesses personal dispositions, which he placed at different levels (cardinal, central, and secondary) based on their importance to a person. You can review these levels of dispositions on pp. 386–387 in Ch. 12 of Theories of Personality.
In this discussion, you explore how a historical figure embodies the 3 levels of personal dispositions. Select one of the individuals listed below as the focus for your response:
Mahatma Gandhi
Vincent Van Gogh
Mother Teresa
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Malcolm X
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marie Curie
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Cardinal traits: What passions, goals, or obsessions are most dominant in your selected individual? How have these cardinal traits contributed to this individual’s motivations or accomplishments?
Central traits: If you were to write a letter of recommendation for your selected individual, which traits would you emphasize?
Secondary traits: Describe which of these individual’s traits the public may be aware of, but that are not fundamental to understanding this individual’s influence on society.
How do you think this individual’s traits influenced his or her career choice?
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