The dispositional and humanistic perspectives of personality
Date Submitted: 12/17/2002 15:38:53
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 8 pages (2075 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 8 pages (2075 words)
Description: This essay was for a 2nd year psychology class called 'personality'. The essay asked the writer to examine several philosophical issues from both a dispositional and humanistic perspective.
Abstract
For many years, the argument over which perspective on personality is the more valid has been debated. Two of the more apposed parties have been the dispositional and humanistic perspectives. The dispositional perspective has long argued for a biological account of traits. This can then …
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…points from each model could be useful in building a less structured and more open resource for which to explain personality.
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