Individual Differences Overview
- Created by: Lorna
- Created on: 25-03-13 16:27
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- Individual Differences
- Assumption
- All individuals are unique
- So beh. and personal qualities differ
- All individuals are unique
- Strengths
- Recognises diverse nature of humans
- Doesn't focus on mythical 'average' individual
- Evidence from many sources
- Very useful
- Ready application to everyday life
- Recognises diverse nature of humans
- Weaknesses
- Maybe only individuals, rather than groups, should be studied
- Can highlight differences rather than celebrating diversity
- Studies
- Rosenhan
- Stooge patients
- Diagnosed correctly?
- Stooge patients
- Thigpen and Cleckley
- Eve White, Eve Black, Jane
- MPD
- Eve White, Eve Black, Jane
- Griffiths
- Fruit machine gamblers and non fruit machine gamblers
- Beh. when fruit machine gambling
- Fruit machine gamblers and non fruit machine gamblers
- Rosenhan
- Assumption
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