PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Humorism, Nomothetic, Phlegm
18 Jun 2013
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Personality vs other fields long history of interest. Many large-scale theories theories don"t guide research theories generated/tested differently. Theory development & testing theorists clinicians, not scientists influenced by theorist"s personality little empirical support. Whatever makes for consistency in our behaviour. Whatever is responsible for individual differences in behaviour. Perspectives on personality type approach: there are several general perspectives on personality within which specific theories of personality are generated. The oldest of these is the type approach, which argues that: there are only a limited number of personality types. Oldest approach: the four humours trait approach: sees personality as consisting of a set of internal characteristics, or traits, which are substantially determined by genes: Psychodynamic approach: (modeled on freud"s theory) sees personality as the action of internal structures of the mind (psyche), operating primarily outside consciousness. Overt behaviour results from the interaction of these internal structures and external events.
