CURRENT ISSUE IN PERSONALITY !

GRAND THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
VS
CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY

- Appropriate units of personality :
= traits
= motives
= cognitions
= which traits, motives, cognitions, etc.


BRIDGING THE FISSURE : THE NATION OF DOMAINS OF KNOWLEDGE

~ One way to make sense of the vast amount of research in many difeerent areas of personality is to appericiate that this research occurs along several key domains of knowledge.


SIX DOMAINS OF KNOWLEDGE :

- INTRAPSYCHIC
- DISPOSITIONAL
- COGNITIVE-EXPERIENTAL
- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
- BIOLOGICAL
- ADJUSTMENT


SUMMARY

- theories serve as a guide for researchers.
- theories organize known findings.
- theories allow us to make predictions.
- theories are more than just beliefs.
- theory and research are bound together.