13 Summary Flashcards
1
Q
What does personality study include?
A
Knowledge of the structure / components of personality behaviour motivation how personality develops and related influences and psychological adjustment in human personality
2
Q
Personality studies try to be an intergrative discipline. What in human behaviour raises the question if that would ever be possible?
A
Cultural diversity
3
Q
Why is knowledge of personality a necessary competence in many psychological fields?
A
To describe and understand
human behaviour and to
influence and predict
behaviour
4
Q
Personality can be said to be the study of?
A
Consistent patterns of behaviour across time and in situations
5
Q
Which viewpoint on personality would emphasise that personality is generic in people and gen laws on personality and human behaviour can be deducted from research?
A
The nomothetic viewpoint
6
Q
Which psychologists use dream analyses to access behaviour?
A
Psychoanalysts
