PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Personality Psychology, Highlight (Band), In Essence
21 May 2014
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Chapter 2 clues to personality: the basic sources of data. May 6, 2014: data are clues, four kinds of clues. Watch what the person does: b data. Mixed types of data: no infallible indicators of personality. Clues to personality: the basic sources of data: many years ago, the prominent personality psychologist henry murray commented that in order to understand personality, first you have to look at it. If you want to look at personality, what do you look at, exactly: the answer to this question is the topic of this chapter. In the end, you need to look at personality in all of these ways, because personality is complicated. It is manifested by all of the characteristic ways in which the individual thinks, feels, and behaves the psychological triad mentioned in chapter 1. Data are clues: the observable aspects of personality are best characterized as clues.
