Introduction to Personality Theory: Chapter 1 Notes

Personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s ______

Personality came from the Latin word “persona” meaning ______

Traits contribute to individual differences in behavior, consistency of behavior over time, and stability of behavior across ______

Characteristics are unique qualities of an individual that include attributes such as temperament, physique, and ______

Theory is a set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable ______

Philosophy deals with what ought to be or what ______ be

Science is the branch of study concerned with observation and classification of data and with the verification of general laws through the testing of ______

An educated guess or prediction specific enough for its validity to be tested through the use of the scientific method is called a ______

Falsifiability is the ability of a theory to be confirmed or disconfirmed, meaning it must be precise enough to suggest research that may either support or fail to support its major ______

The ability of a theory to organize data that are not incompatible with each other is crucial for scientists to have a clear direction to follow in the pursuit of further ______

Internal consistency requires that a theory must be consistent with itself, with components that are logically compatible and limitations of scope that are carefully ______

Parsimony in theories suggests that simple, straightforward theories are more useful than ones that bog down under the weight of complicated concepts and ______ language