PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Cascina Increa, Conduct Disorder, Repeated Measures Design
6 Jul 2016
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Personality: stable individual differences that are usually detectable early in life and that generalize across time and situations o o. Refers to the external styles of expression that are on display for others to see. Goals of research o o o o o. Explanation - of personality differences (likely the most important) Prediction - of future personality based on current personality. Jerry wiggins - important role that personality assessment plays in prediction. Rotter & douglas jackson - important of personality assessment measures to be derived from theory o. Nomothetic approach: gathering small amounts of data from relatively large samples of data in hopes to identify general laws/principles. Variable-centred approach; whether one variable is related to another. The relativity of 2 variables could be used to predict a 3rd variable. Can be applied broadly to overall group o. Idiographic approach: gathering large amounts of data from a small sample of people.
