Dr. Theodore Millon created a system of personality assessment that consisted of eight domains of functioning. The domains are: behavioral domains (split into expressive acts and interpersonal conduct), phenomenological domains (split into cognitive styles, object representations, and self image), intrapsychic domains (split into regulatory mechanisms and morphologic organization), and biophysical domains which covers mood and temperament. Together, these domains come together to form a cohesive theory about how personality works, and how an individual will act on a day to day and situation to situation basis. This can be useful when assessing why people have done what they did, as in the case study provided to us today, the case of the adulterous County Sheriff. The County Sheriff was married with three children when …show more content…
The sheriff’s high scores for pleasure-enhancing and actively modifying means he has a strong tendency to look on the bright side of life and takes charge of his life and are “busily involved in… arranging events to suit their needs and desires.” He is fairly balanced between self-indulging and other nurturing (55/68), but he does favor other-nurturing, meaning he wants to attend to other people’s welfare and desires, but does still have the desire to fulfill himself first. The need to help others would be a factor in being a good law enforcement officer. In terms of thinking styles, he is strongly externally focused, realistic/sensing, thought-guided, and conservation-seeking. Being externally focused means that he looks to other people for ideas and guidance, as well as garnering self worth from others. He is also very reality based and deals well with logical reasoning, both good features to have as a law enforcement officer, because he will be mostly dealing with situations that are fact-based instead of