After reading Chapter 1, you should be able to: - Express your own definition of personality.
- Differentiate theory from (a) philosophy, (b) speculation, (c) hypothesis, and (d) taxonomy.
- Defend the need for more than one theory.
- Show how an understanding of the various theorists' life story is related to their theory.
- Explain the relationship between theory and observations.
- List and explain the criteria of a useful theory.
- Explain why falsifiability is a positive characteristic of a theory.
- Discuss various components for a concept of humanity.
- Define reliability and validity and explain why both concepts are important in personality research.
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