Experience as a Component of Personality Theory
Psychological Reports February 1, 1985 DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1985.56.1.263 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Citations | 15 |
| Key points | Proposes that experience should be treated as a basic data category of personality, alongside behavior. It operationally defines peak experience and peak performance as prototypes of feeling and performance, and suggests possible relations between these phenomena and selected behavioral and personality variables. |
Abstract
Experience, an internal state or process, has salience, as does behavior, as a basic data category of personality. Two key experiential phenomena, which exemplify experience as a data category, were identified and operationally defined by a model. Peak experience and peak performance were taken to be prototypes of feeling and performance. Possible relations between these phenomena and ramifications for selected behavioral and personality variables were suggested.
Citations in the library
Cited by 5
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- Peak Moments in Sport: A Literature Review Quest December 1, 1991
- Experience as a Component of Personality Theory: Phenomenological Support Psychological Reports October 1, 1985
- Cross-cultural measurement of experience: Taiwanese and Americans' peak performance, peak experience, misery, failure, sport, and average events. Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1997
- Reliability and Readability of Questionnaire: Peak Performance and Peak Experience Psychological Reports April 1, 1986