PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomothetic, Personality Psychology, Behavioural Genetics
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Personality: word stems from persona = mask (latin) How consistent or stable is personality: it is influenced by a certain situation or who you are around. 3 levels of persoanlity anaylsis: human nature, how we are like all others , traits and mechanisms of personality that are typical of our species and possessed by nearly everyone. Indvidual uniqueness: how we are like no others , refers to the fact that every individual has personal and unique qualifies not shared by any other person in the world, individuals can be studied nomothetically or ideographical. Nomothetic: research involves statistical comparisons of individuals or groups, requiring samples of participants on which to conduct research. Applied to identify and learn more about universal human characteristics or dimensions of individual or group difference. Ideographic: research focuses on a single person, to identify general principles that are manifest in a single life over time. Often results in case studies or psychological biography of a single person.
