Self-Actualization, Openness, and Loosely Coupled Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9022162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerome J Tobacyk (Box 10048, Behavioral Sciences, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA 71272.), Jerome Tobacyk (Louisiana Tech University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97-99 |
| Publication date | 1994-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00221678940342008 |
| OpenAlex | W2011653137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article presents a definitional and theoretical critique of Mittelman's notion of openness. An alternative conceptualization of self-actualizers as exemplars of loosely coupled personality systems is introduced. This loosely coupled personality system notion allows for a dialectical model of self-actualizers that might resolve seeming personality dichotomies, such as concurtently high levels of both openness and closedness
Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Conceptualization · Dialectic · Dichotomy · Epistemology · Metatheory · Openness to experience · Personality · Personality development · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |