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Introduction

Introduction to Personality Theory

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1		The term personality comes from the word _________________, meaning theatrical mask.


2		__________________ is a pattern of relatively permanent traits, dispositions, or characteristics within an individual that give some measure of consistency to that person’s behavior.


3		A ___________________ is a set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses.


4		Theories are most closely related to _______________________, the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge.


5		The branch of study concerned with observation and classification of data and with the verification of general laws through the testing of hypotheses is called ____________________.


6		A __________________ is a classification of things according to their natural relationships.


7		A hypothesis is often defined as an _________________________.


8		The psychology of _______________________ is a subdiscipline of psychology that studies the personal traits of scientists.


9		A useful theory must be _____________________, which means that research must be able to either confirm or disconfirm its major tenets.


10		The law of _____________________ states that, other things being equal, the simpler of two theories is preferred.


11		The most important function of a ___________________ is to generate research.


12		An _________________ definition is one that defines concepts and units in terms of specific operations.


13		__________________ is an explanation of behavior in terms of future goals and purposes.


14		A reliable test will yield ___________________ results.


15		A test that measures what it is supposed to has ___________________.

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