PSYC 332 Chapter Notes -Trait Theory, Frontal Lobe, Limbic System
9 Dec 2011
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Personality: reading # 1: chapter 1: questions to be addressed in this chapter. This, in essence, means 3 things: it involves scientific observation. The personality psychologist must develop formal, objective ways of learning about the psychological makeup of a diversity of people: the psychologist"s theory must be formulated in a very systematic way. The assumptions of the theory must be articulated, its terminology must be defined clearly and the relations among the different parts of the theory must be spelled out: the psychologist"s theory must be testable. In the psychology of personality, one learns about the whole, intact person. Personality theorists address the total person, and try to understand how all the different aspects of an individual"s functioning are intricately related to each other. The scientific study of personality directly addresses the question of why we are the way we are: defining personality. The field of personality addresses 3 issues that sometimes are difficult to reconcile: human universals.
