PSY 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Face Validity, Unconscious Mind, Personality Psychology
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Ch 1: the study if the person and ch 2: personality research methods. Psychology trait people"s feeli(cid:374)gs, thoughts, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Cli(cid:374)i(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) shares the obligation to try to understand whole person, not just parts of the person, one individual at a time. Perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) refers to a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s patter(cid:374)s of thought, e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Learning and cognitive approaches behaviorism, social learning theory, cognitive personality psychology. Funders first law great strengths are usually great weaknesses, and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well. Fu(cid:374)der"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)d la(cid:449) there are no perfect indicators of personality: there are only clues and clues are always ambiguous. Fenders third law something beat nothing, two times out of the three. Face validity the(cid:455)"re i(cid:374)te(cid:374)ded to (cid:373)easure (cid:449)hat the(cid:455) see(cid:373) to (cid:373)easure, o(cid:374) their fa(cid:272)es. I-data judgments by knowledgeable (cid:862)informants(cid:863) about general attributes of the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s personality. Since this is only judgement is only opinion based.
