PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomothetic, Tape Measure
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P ers onality is an individual"s characteristic style of: T he s tudy of pers onality has two c omponents : D es cribing pers onality: what are the characteris tics of an individual"s personality, p ers onality inventories. E xplaining pers onality: why does an individual have the pers onality that he does , h ow does an individual"s personality affect her behaviour, p ers onality theories. H ow to meas ure pers onality: what techniques can you think of to meas ure an individual"s pers onality, we could obs erve the individual"s behavior. When they know that they are being watched, they change their behavior: p ers onality meas urements ins tead us ually take one of two forms : Als o called pers onality tes ts /s cales. Subjective descriptions of one"s own behaviours, thoughts, and feelings. Us ually adminis tered in an interview or written ques tionnaire.
