PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hans Eysenck, Raymond Cattell, 16Pf Questionnaire

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When people live in an environment they leave behavioral residue behind - such physical traces left behind by everyday actions are hints or cues to the personality of the occupant. Because traits cannot be directly measured, psychologists think of traits as hypothetical concepts - that is, psychologists assume traits exists even though we cannot see them. Two approaches to the study of personality traits idiographic approach - goal is to understand the personality of a single individual with all of his/her quirks or idiosyncrasies and characteristics that make them unique. By using techniques of good science such as striving for objectivity and minimizing biases, psychologists are able to use case studies and other idiographic methods to study individual personalities. Hans eysenck found a way of reconciling these two seemingly different approaches to the study of human psychology. General means a trait is universal or applicable to other people, whereas specific means a trait is more unique to a single individual.

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