Chapter 7 Before You Move On Answers

1. What did Winnicott mean when he suggested there was a ‘false’ self?

An aspect of an individual’s personality that emerged as a way of meeting with other’s expectations of that person.

2. What are the four components that Walumbwa et al. (2008) suggest need mastering in order to be authentic as a person?

Self-awareness; internalized moral perspective; balanced processing; relational transparency.

3. What does it mean to be described as ‘Machiavellian’?

That a person is immoral, underhand, and not to be trusted.