PSYC 332 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: David Buss, Extraversion And Introversion, E.G. Time
20 Feb 2017
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Description must come before explanation but our descriptions are influenced. Describing someone they met at a dinner party (cid:498)lynn(cid:499) by the biases we hold the types of explanations we plan on making. The article covers more the (cid:498)what is it(cid:499) than the (cid:498)why is it(cid:499) Questions you ask to figure out personality: But a good explanation relies on good description. Social ritual of figuring people out is different from what a personologist. These can lead to where does personality come from and how can it be makes it tick, how did it come to be)? changed (clinical)? does: 1) personologists make structured and systematic observations and measurements. 2) personologists will push harder to obtain and organize information into a meaningful system or framework. Cardinal, central and secondary traits as main structural units of personality. + non-comparative, idiographic information about individual to go deeper. Source traits=ability + temperament + dynamic traits. Dynamic traits=biological urges + attitudes + sentiments.
