What is Personality psychology?

I started thinking about this when I became aware that schizophrenics (not a personality disorder) tend to be very well aware that they are schizophrenic. Manic depression also seems to be well known to the individual. On the other hand of course, some...

Much as I hate to admit it, I've been abusing DXM very heavily for almost 10 years, now. I am currently in withdrawl - my choice. I had also been abusing antihistamines along with it, and had recently managed to kick the antihistamine habit for good...

Of course, there are so many psychological schools which have different theories, but if we assume it comes down to a combination, what makes a person decide, for example, to save an injured puppy lying on the street- the fact that they've been raised...

What is the evidence that it doesn't?

I am in Intro to Psychology and I have to write a response/reaction paper to the Personality chapter. It is so hard for me to understand this book, let alone write about a real life experience. At this point, I am so frustrated I do not know where to...

I have to write a 10 page paper specifically pertaining to Chapter 14: Social and Personality development in early adulthood. The specific topic i choose should be the title of my paper and the major question that i am trying to find the answer to. An...

hello, i study psychology in year 12. and i have been given an essay topic to do on psychology i have to right an introduction which has to desribe the idea of psychological measurement, and how it is applies in the workplace. while my first topic paragraph...

It's something all psychology students learn in the basic personality psychology class. MBTI is a conceptually and methodologically flawed instrument. It's based on un-empirically supported assumptions about human traits, e.g., assuming bimodal trait...