Personality Psychology
Personality psychology focuses on the structure and development of personality, as well as individual differences in values, beliefs, judgments, coping skills, health, motivation and other phenomena...
View ArticlePsychometrics or Psychometry
Psychometrics is the measurement or assessment of psychological attributes such as personality traits, abilities, knowledge and attitudes. Psychometric tests are often designed to illumunate...
View ArticleTrait Psychology
Trait psychology is an approach which views differences between humans as being the results of variations in basic personality traits. The British psychologist Raymond Cattell was a proponent of this...
View ArticlePersonality Disorders
Personality disorders are defined by experiences and behaviors that deviate from societal norms and expectations. Those diagnosed with a personality disorder may experience difficulties in cognition,...
View ArticleId, Ego and Superego
The id, ego and superego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche; they are functions of the mind. The Id is the aspect of personality that...
View ArticleTwin Studies
Twin studies are especially important in determining the extent to which genetic influences affect the development of skills, abilities and personality traits. Twin studies look at identical and...
View ArticleFreuds’ Theory of Personality
Sigmund Freud proposed that the personality consists of three different elements: the Id, the Ego and the Superego. The Id is the aspect of personality that is driven by internal and basic drives and...
View ArticleBig Five Personality Factor Model
The big five personality factor model is a relatively robust general model for assessing differences in individual personality, based on factorial analysis of personality tests. The model divides...
View ArticleMarshmallow Experiment
The Stanford marshmallow experiment refers to studies of deferred gratification that were performed in the 1960s and 1970s by Walter Mischel, an American psychologist specializing in personality theory...
View ArticleIntelligence Testing
Intelligence testing refers to the application of standardized tests in attempt to measure and assess intelligence. The first mental testing may have been performed in China in the form of the imperial...
View ArticleIntelligence Quotient or IQ
Intelligence Quotient is a relative number comparing an individual’s mental and cognitive abilities to the current average performance of a population. Several types of intelligence tests are used to...
View ArticleImplicit Association Test
The implicit association test is used to detect the strength of a person’s associations between different mental representations held in memory. The test is computer-based, and is most commonly used in...
View ArticleExner Scoring System or Rorschach Comprehensive System
The Exner scoring system is the standard method for interpreting the Rorschach test.
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