PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Lexical Analysis, Nomothetic, Raymond Cattell
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Behavioural residue: physical traces left behind by everyday actions are hints or cues to the personality of the occupant. Continuum that is in a continuous stretch, from low to high. Human personality is organized into a hierarchy which can be think of as a pyramid. Pyramid categories human personality from the most general level at the top to the most specific level at the bottom. Bottom- specific behaviors including responses, acts cognitions, reactions of everyday life. If a reaction occurs again the response have become a habit or a typical way of responding. If a certain habit occur overtime- the person is exhibiting a personality trait. If a certain trait tend to occur together in people we have identified a personality type observed constellation of traits (term by eyseck"s word) The lower we go in pyramid the more idiosyncratic our reactions are. What do we know about personality from the idiographic. Approach: studying individual personalities: the idiographic approach.
