PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud, Personality Psychology, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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Personality psychology: is the scientific study of the whole person. It often studies the individual differences in people by developing ways to classify, categorize and organize the diversity of psychological individuality and they look for the biological and environmental forces and factors that explain those differences. Identity as a life story(constructing a life story) Characteristic adaptations: are contextualized facets of psychological individuality that speak to motivational, cognitive, and developmental concerns in personality in time, place, situation or social role. *note: refer to table 1. 3 page 9 of the textbook and table 1. 4 page 11. Life story: is an internalized and evolving narrative of the self that integrates the reconstructed past, perceived present and anticipated future in order to provide a life with a sense of unity and purpose. To study the persons in a scientific way, which involves : unsystematic observation, building theories, and evaluating propositions.
