PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.2: Personality Disorder, Oedipus Complex, Panic Disorder
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Personality can be measured by the details of our dwellings. E. g. if you have photos of mount everest and major european cities in your living space, it can mean that you are into experiencing new and exciting things. This is when you are trying to figure yourself out or other people you know. When you try to figure out why your cousin bob is so weird, you are taking an idiographic approach. This approach can help people understand themselves as well as the social world around them but also a full range of human experiences, from the most disturbed individual to the healthiest individual. E. g. criminal profilers may focus on a detailed study of a serial killer to help the police with their investigation. Rather than trying to understand a specific person, psychologists may want to understand the factors that predict certain behaviours across people in general.
