OUTLINE ADAPTED FROM MADDI
Core of Personality
Core Tendency
Statements about the overall directionality,
purpose and function of life
Core Characteristics
Common structual entities
Development of Personality
Interaction of the core tendency and core
characteristics with the outside world
Periphery of Personality
Typology
The types, life-styles or general orientations that
occur consisting of a number of concrete peripherial characteristics
Concrete Peripherial Characteristics
The smallest units of personality that are organized
into types
Last revised: 13 January 2003