PSYC 3400- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3400
• Professor: William T.Sharp

Document Summary

What are you mostly aligned with: cognitive theories and ideas of personality, psychoanalytic/dynamic ideas of personality, neuroscience/physiological models of personality, social theories and group culture ideas of personality, behavioral ideas of personality. Personality channels behaviors in consistent patterns which helps with predictability. Quantitative research: emphasizes objectivity, neutrality, measurement, and validity. Qualitative research: attempts to obtain an in depth understanding of meanings and definitions presented by informants, rather than production of a measurement. Construct validity: the method of measurement depends on what is being measured. Nomothetic research: presents a generalized understanding of a given case. Include more highly structed research methodologies which can be replicated and controlled. Generate quantitative data with a view to explaining casual relationships. Idiographic research: presents a full description of a given case. Because it effects policies and protocols in our everyday lives. Persistent problems in personality: the mind body problem. Chapter 2: ancient and modern compositional theories of personality.