PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Determinism, Naturalistic Observation, Full Face Diving Mask

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

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And orientation that directs research activity and interpretations) Allport; dynamic organization w/in individual that determine his actions to his environment. Cattell: permits prediction of what person will do in a given situation, (ie: overt actions; open actions/not hidden) Eysenck: more or less stable and enduring organization of a person"s character, temperament, intellect, etc which determines his actions to his environment. Sullivan: relatively enduring pattern of interpersonal (b/w people) situations which characterize a human life. The ultimate goal of science is theory development; a scientific field is generally considered mature when most of its practitioners accept and operate within the same theoretical framework or paradigm. (paradigm: a shared set of assumptions. Concerns itself with both how and what the individual learns through interactions with the environment. Each of the strategies address the same 4 underlying issues: theory of personality. Approach to the assessment (or measurement) of personality. Research procedures for testing hypotheses (or implications derived from the theory)