PSY 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Psych
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Six personality approaches: what are the origins of stable behavioral patterns and processes within the individual. This is the fundamental question posed regarding personality by theorists and researchers. Another reason for the scope of this book is that personality researchers have approached this topic in many different ways. To help make sense of the wide range of personality hypotheses proposed over the past century, we"ll look at six general approaches to explanations of personality. These are the psychoanalytical approach, the characteristic approach, the evolutionary approach, the humanistic approach, the behavioral / social learning approach and the perception approach. While the match isn"t always perfect, one of these six general methods can be used to place each of the key personality theories: and yet, why so many myths about personality. The story of the five blind people who collide with an elephant has been almost seen.
