PSY 0160 Lecture Notes - Scientific Method
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Formal: abstract constructs and theories, very broad: conveys sense of consistency and continuity of a person"s personality across many situations, suggest internal origins of thoughts, feelings, and behavior, helps in predicting behavior and understanding behavior. **looks at influences of the person individually on their own behavior rather than the situation: captures a sense of personal distinctiveness (as opposed to social psych, which talks about how we are all the same) Working definition: organized structure, active processes as a person, both psychological and physical components (behavior??, helps determine how people interact with each other, demonstrates patterns, manifested in thoughts feelings and behaviors. Purpose: explain what is already known to be true, predict information and events. 9/3: use the scientific method, updated and revised to reflect newer results, should be parsimonious (simple and not broad but also good, should feel intuitively right, personal/intuitive appeal ( that makes sense , interesting and provocative. Assesment: how traits are measured; accurately characterizing individuals.
