PSYCH 2B03 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
25 Aug 2016
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More global and general: personality: basis for significant proportion of the way we are, what we do, think, feel, ambitious: try to explain a lot more than theories in other areas. Unusual in any area of science for there to be that many competing explanations for a phenomenon. If theory is useful, apply it practically to the world. Personality: backwards: theory applied before being scientifically tested. Theories were influenced by theorist"s personality we tend to think of science as objective, however not true all scientists influenced by personalities. Non-scientific evaluation most have been the foundation to particular approaches to treatment. Historic role in personality theory development; influential in the past currently important. Nicely illustrate a particular perspective intrinsically interesting. Whatever makes for consistency in our behavior interpersonal consistency: we rely on heavily, we notice that people tend to be consistent with their behavior, thinking, value, beliefs, emotions. Whatever is responsible for individual differences in behavior.
