Prompting character (psychology)
Under challenging character is since Kurt Lewin , the property of a situation , actions to suggest or initiate understood. The challenge character is not projected or ascribed to the situation by the individual, but does not exist autonomously either , but results from the interaction of (field) situation and tensions of needs. Lewin coined this and other dynamic term in his psychological topology , which deals with the positive and negative valences (values) and tensions of the living space , for example the situation of a child facing undesirable food.
In the theory of psychological tests , the prompt nature of the test material is an important aspect, especially in tests for children and projective tests such as the form interpretation test ( Rorschach test ). In the social psychology of the psychological experiment , the encouraging character of the experimental situation is important for the attitude and motivation of the test subject.
literature
- Kurt Lewin (1969). Basics of topological psychology. Posthumous German edition, ed. by R. Falk & F. Winnefeld. Bern: Huber.