Individual Differences

3 credits · Graduate School

Focuses on traditional concepts and findings in the area of individual differences broadly defined. The psychological content will primarily involve abilities, interests, and personality; methodological issues encountered in assessing these attributes will be stressed throughout; and particular attention will be devoted to how these concepts can enhance research programs in both applied and theoretical areas. The specific variables discussed within each domain will be restricted to those that have empirically "panned out" (viz., variables that are reliable and related to meaningful behaviors and outcomes that psychologists are interested in predicting and better understanding), rather than theoretical constructs and measures whose external validity is unknown. [3]