PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personality Psychology, Trait Theory, Neuroticism

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: M.Fournier

Document Summary

Personality psychology is the scientific study of the whole person. Psychology is about many things: perception and attention, cognition and memory, neurons and brain circuitry, abnormal behaviour, social behaviour, therapy, the behaviour of birds, and the white rat. The ultimate goal of personality psychology is to construct a scientifically credible account of psychological individuality. Personality psychologists often study individual differences in people. Personality psychologists administer self-report questionnaires to identify the many differences in dispositional traits. They have also been employed in efforts to discern the biological bases of human behavior.