PSYC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Projective Test, Nomothetic, Trait Theory
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More concerned with traits that have more room for change, but still predict important outcomes. Looking at assortment of other types of traits related to important behavior. Big difference: idiographic is much more person centered measurement. When we"re trying to measure someone"s personality, not useful for people to report on scale items that researcher provides them. Let their personality emerge by letting it be more free form for describing and displaying it. Let people write a narrative of who they are, tell a story about what they are like. Without any constraints or preconceived notions about what"s being asked. Maybe some issues about personality may emerge that wouldn"t emerge on scale where everybody has to give same scale items see something that"s unique to this individual. Use these narratives to predict future behavior, experiences, cognition. Projective test projecting issues of your personality onto your.
