PSYCH 2B03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nomothetic, Personal Unconscious, Personality Psychology
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The many definitions of personality share a number of things in common. Compared with theories in other areas of psychology, personality theories tend to: (1 point) Those who advocate an nomothetic approach to the study of personality believe that: (1 point) We discussed the idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality. Personality theories use hypothetical constructs more than perhaps any other type of theory in psychology. Hc are used only when phenomena covered by a theory cannot be precisely measured: in discussing the role of hypothetical constructs (hc) in science (and psychology in particular) , i suggested that: (1 point) select your answer: Thus hc are used in psychology, but not in physics or biology. 2. in organizing, understanding and explaining complex phenomena. 3. id) do not necessarily have a real physical existence. In lecture, i talked about the role of simile and metaphor in scientific theory. The meyers-briggs personality test asks questions about an individual"s interests and preferences.