Personality Psychology Podcast #1 Introducing personality psychology with Julia Rohrer & Jaap Denissen
Jan 25, 2021
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Uniqueness of Personality Psychology
- Intra-individual configurations of traits are a unique aspect of personality psychology.
- These configurations consider how individual differences combine within a person, like high extroversion with low agreeableness in narcissism.
Broad Definition of Personality
- Personality is broadly defined as the ways people's minds and behaviors vary.
- It cuts across psychology fields, allowing for examination of individual variations in any psychological phenomenon.
Achievements of Personality Science
- Personality psychology excels in describing mean-level patterns and individual differences.
- This descriptive strength contributes to understanding personality stability, change, and predictive validity.