Psy 645 Week 1 Case Study Personality
Personality
Socrates Garcia
PSYCH/645
November 3, 2014
Dr. Morera
Personality
Introduction
The personality of an individual is perceived as the characteristics that shape and distinguishes one person from another, at least from a general perspective. For instance, John may be described as quiet and decisive in the way he handles different situations. On another hand, we would have Peter who is very irrational. These two distinctive characters would describe the personalities of those two individuals. However, psychologists are more particular and define personality as a dynamic with the inclusion of an organized set of characteristics possessed by an individual that distinctively or uniquely influences his or her motivations, …show more content…
Key among them would include keen observation. For instance, when solving a dilemma of any sort, one weighs the disadvantages and advantages that would come with making a particular decision when compared with the alternative decision. Personality differences from a psychological perspective would be based on what decision is taken with reference to the situation. Consequently, different traits of a person would be brought out using an observation perspective.
Case study as a method of studying personality comes with various merits as well as demerits. The biggest advantage associated with this method is that it enables and takes problem solving to a higher level. This method also creates new knowledge in various dimensions as well as plays a crucial role in testing a particular hypothesis. The major disadvantage that this method would possess includes the interpretation of the scenario. Too much professionalism would misinterpret a situation leaving the obvious results unmentioned or unveiled.
Correlational …show more content…
From an individual perspective, the case study approach provides clear information on that area. Secondly, is the correlational approach which enables researchers to identify certain variables and how each relate each other in the study of personality. Lastly, is the experimental approach which bases its findings on manipulation of certain variables. More importantly is that all these approaches result in findings on personality of individuals (Schwartz, et.al,
Socrates Garcia
PSYCH/645
November 3, 2014
Dr. Morera
Personality
Introduction
The personality of an individual is perceived as the characteristics that shape and distinguishes one person from another, at least from a general perspective. For instance, John may be described as quiet and decisive in the way he handles different situations. On another hand, we would have Peter who is very irrational. These two distinctive characters would describe the personalities of those two individuals. However, psychologists are more particular and define personality as a dynamic with the inclusion of an organized set of characteristics possessed by an individual that distinctively or uniquely influences his or her motivations, …show more content…
Key among them would include keen observation. For instance, when solving a dilemma of any sort, one weighs the disadvantages and advantages that would come with making a particular decision when compared with the alternative decision. Personality differences from a psychological perspective would be based on what decision is taken with reference to the situation. Consequently, different traits of a person would be brought out using an observation perspective.
Case study as a method of studying personality comes with various merits as well as demerits. The biggest advantage associated with this method is that it enables and takes problem solving to a higher level. This method also creates new knowledge in various dimensions as well as plays a crucial role in testing a particular hypothesis. The major disadvantage that this method would possess includes the interpretation of the scenario. Too much professionalism would misinterpret a situation leaving the obvious results unmentioned or unveiled.
Correlational …show more content…
From an individual perspective, the case study approach provides clear information on that area. Secondly, is the correlational approach which enables researchers to identify certain variables and how each relate each other in the study of personality. Lastly, is the experimental approach which bases its findings on manipulation of certain variables. More importantly is that all these approaches result in findings on personality of individuals (Schwartz, et.al,