PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Erving Goffman, Numerology, Naturalistic Observation

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

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Personality: the unique, dynamic organization of characteristics of person, physical and psychological, which influence behaviour responses to the social and physical environment. Some of these characteristics will be unique to the individual and others will be shared with a few, many, or all other people. Focuses on how and what a personal learns in the environment: the representational strategy: personality is a reflection of how people seen themselves, other people, objects and the events they experience. Theo(cid:396)ists suggest ideas o(cid:396) h(cid:455)potheses a(cid:374)d the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e tested i(cid:374) (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h. The nature of the research is determined by what theory lead the researcher to expect. To conduct research, theorists need to measure the aspects of personality that they are interested in. Scientific theory: have 2 components; theoretical constructs and relational propositions. Theoretical constructs: basic terms and building blocks of theory. They create organization and communication of ideas.