PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nomothetic
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People differ in both type and degree of trait. Account for consistency of personality expression across situations. Each person"s unique trait structure determines individual"s behavior, consistently across a variety of situations. Personalism: understand/ explain the uniqueness of the total individual. Personality is a dynamic organization in state of continuous growth. Personality is an orderly system, but always in a state of change. Each experience modi es or strengthens personality in some way. Consistently in uence thoughts, feelings, and behavior across situations. Explain uniqueness of each person and consistency of person"s behavior. Idiographic approach detailed study of single individual. Useful for researching nature of personality and general laws of behavior. Cardinal, central, and secondary traits explain unique variation within the individual. Most in uential and pervasive personality features ( ruling passion ) Personality features that impact behavior in limited number of situations. E. g. being nervous, speci cally, when giving presentations (situational)