Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature Lesson 3 PDF

Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature Lesson -3 1  Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature Researchers in personality have different views because they are studying different domains of knowledge. A domain of knowledge i...

Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature Lesson -3 1  Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature Researchers in personality have different views because they are studying different domains of knowledge. A domain of knowledge is a specialty area of science and scholarship, in which psychologists have focused on learning about some specific and limited aspects of human nature. 2  The whole personality is the sum of the various parts and the connections among them. For personality, each part is a domain of knowledge, representing a collection of knowledge about certain aspects of personality. 3  Within identifiable domains, researchers have developed common methods for asking questions; have developed theoretical explanations, which account for what is known about personality from the perspective of each domain. 4  The field of personality can be divided into six distinct domains of knowledge about human nature: Personality is influenced by: 1.Traits of the person (dispositional domain); 2. Biological events (biological domain); 3. Conflicts within the person(intrapsychic domain); 5 4. Personal and private thoughts, feelings, desires, beliefs, and other subjective experiences (cognitive-experiential domain); 5. Social, cultural, and gendered positions in the world (social and cultural domain); and 6. Adjustments that the person must make to the inevitable challenges of life (adjustment domain). 6 1- The dispositional domain The dispositional domain deals centrally with the ways in which individuals differ from one another and it cuts across all the other domains because individuals can differ in their habitual emotions, in their habitual concepts of self, in their physiological tendencies, and even in their intrapsychic mechanisms. 7  What distinguishes the dispositional domain is an interest in the number and nature of fundamental dispositions. 8  The main goal of personality psychologists working in the dispositional domain is to identify and measure the most important ways in which individuals differ from one another. Psychologists are interested in the origin of the important individual differences and in how they develop and are maintained. 9 2- the biological domain : The basic assumption within the biological domain is that humans are collections of biological systems, and these systems provide the basic units for behavior, thought, and emotion. 10  Biological approaches typically refers to three areas of research within this general domain: genetics, psychophysiology, and evolution. 11 3- The intrapsychic domain: The intrapsychic domain deals with mental mechanisms of personality, many of which operate outside of conscious awareness. 12  Psychoanalysis begins with basic idea about the instinctual system—the sexual and aggressive forces that are presumed to drive and energize much of human activity. The intrapsychic domain also includes defense mechanisms, such as repression, denial, and projection. 13