Which perspective to take on personality?
Collected elements of psych theories that had strong evidence, put them in a box.
Did not say how they relate
McAdams' Personality Triad
McAdams' Personality Triad:
Dispositional Traits
Limits of trait theories
McAdams' Personality Triad:
Characteristic Adaptations
McAdams' Personality Triad:
Narrative Identity
Changing personalities over time
Cultural criticism of personality theories
WEIRDos
Consistency
Internal Consistency
Inter-rater reliability
Test-retest reliability
Construct validity
Convergent validity
Divergent validity
Acquiescence
Likert scales
Fixed-choice format
Projective testing