APOGEO SYSTEM
Conceptual pillars of the APOGEO Method
Integral personality
Integral Personality translates knowledge about a person in the light of the temperament, behavior and development indicators. The APOGEO method does not only assesses behavior, so there was a need for a more comprehensive term. Dr. Bachir Haidar Jorge, mentor of APOGEO, said that in order to know a person, it is necessary to know his/her origin, his/her family and his/her history. He said that it would only be possible to understand how much a person walked and evolved, knowing where he/she started from. He also taught us that any criticism falls apart when we understand the other’s life and struggle history. This is the foundation of the term Integral Personality.
Influence of temperament in the formation of core behavior
Through statistics we observed a correlation between aspects of temperament and core behavior. We observed a greater likelihood that people with emotional prevalence in temperament, develop relationship-oriented behaviors. As well, people with a conative (aggressive) prevalence in temperament are more likely to develop action-based behaviors. And, also, people with a rational prevalence in temperament are more likely to develop analytical and thoughtful behaviors. Although this tendency is confirmed by the data we obtained, we cannot claim that temperament is the only determinant in the formation of core behavior (core personality), although it is a relevant factor in many cases.
Influence of social factors on behavioral adaptation
Through years of observations, we have verified characteristics related to behavior, as follows:
- There are central behavioral traces that hardly change and, when they change, at a given moment, they stabilize and do not change anymore. The change, or not, of these traces does not depend on age, although changes in young people are more frequent.
- There are traces that change when situations and life change, we call these traces lines of interaction.
- There is a more visible line of interaction, which we call habitual conduct, and another line that appears in certain circumstances, which we call alternative conduct.
- Commonly closest people, know the alternative line of conduct. It is also possible to observe the alternative line when the person is under pressure.
The central behavior, or central conduct, is associated with the basic defense dynamics and also with the motivational aspects, while the interaction traits, are responsible for the modulation of the central conduct, aiming to achieve specific motivational achievements at the same time that allows social adaptation to take place.
In some people, we observed a greater link between central behavior and temperament, suggesting a genotypic influence of temperament on the formation of behavior. We observed a higher frequency of this influence in people with a temperament directed towards a certain impulse and, less frequently, in people with a different temperament for several impulses. In this second case, we observed that the construction of the central conduct may be the result of social adaptation, that is, of phenotypic origin. We do not have enough data to conclude whether the central conduct is entirely of genotypic or phenotypic origin.
Development indicators
We created the following indicators:
- Indicator of potential and performance associated with temperament. It assesses what is the potential for social adaptation and, what is the support of behavioral performance from the point of view of the direction and intensity of temperament.
- Indicator of social adaptation related to behavior. It assesses whether the adaptation is directed, projecting a more specialized profile or, diversified, projecting a more generalist profile. We also assessed how behavioral disposition interferes with social relationships.
- Indicator of the relationship between adaptation and potential to assess stress and the possibility, or not, of the development of certain competencies.
- Indicator of adaptation analyzing Motivation X Connection, assesses the direction of behavioral adaptation in the light of maturity, verifies the level of performance, personal satisfaction and delivery.
- Self-management indicator, evaluates self-knowledge and noise level in communication, favoring, or not, more objective and stable interactions. Important ingredient for leadership.