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7. What is the main proposition of humanistic appr oach to personality? What did Maslow mean by self-actualisation? 8. Discuss the main observational methods used in personality assessment. What problems do we face in using these methods? 9. What is meant by structured personality tests? Which are the two most widely used structured personality tests? 10. Explain how projective techniques assess personality. Which projective tests of personality are widely used by psychologists? 11. Arihant wants to become a singer even though he belongs to a family of doctors. Though his family members claim to love him but strongly disapprove his choice of career. Using Carl Rogers’ terminology, describe the attitudes shown by Arihant’s family. Project 1. We all have some notions about our ideal selves, i.e. and what we would like to be? Take Ideas time to imagine that you have achieved your ideal self. With this notion of your ideal self, express your attitudes towards these categories : (a) school, (b) friends, (c) family, and (d) money. Write a paragraph on each describing your ideal attitudes. Next write all these categories on four sheets of paper and ask your two friends and two family members to write about what they perceive to be your real attitudes towards these categories. These four persons will describe your real self as they see you. Compare your ideal descriptions with others’ real descriptions in detail. Are they very similar or dissimilar? Prepare a report on this. 2. Select five persons whom you most admire, either from real life or from history. Collect information about their contributions in their respective fields and identify the characteristics in their personality that have impressed you. Do you find any similarities? Prepare a comparative report. Weblinks www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/perscontents.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/projective_test Pedagogical Hints 1. To make students understand the concept of self, certain activities could be organised, such as a student may be asked to tell about herself/himself. 2. Prepare flow charts/diagrams to explain the concepts. Help students to prepare charts/diagrams related to concepts given in the chapter. 3. Emphasise the importance of various personality assessment techniques in different spheres of life. 4. Sample items of various tests of personality could be shown to generate interest among students. They could be asked to compare the test items included in different measures of personality. 49 Chapter 2 • Self and Personality Reprint 2026-27