Die Sozialen Ursprünge Psychologischer Diagnostik

Grünwald, Harald

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“…Beyond the fact that Galton, Pearson, and Spearman had provided Thorndike and other positivistically inclined psychologists with a “hammer” suitable for pounding psychological “reality” into the form correlational methods demanded, there arose historically at this same time pressure from without academic psychology to produce knowledge that would be of practical use (Danziger, 1990; Grünwald, 1980; Pekrun, 1996). Following the passage of mandatory schooling laws in Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States in the latter stages of the 19th century, the need had developed for tests that would enable school authorities to sort pupils accurately in terms of their relative academic (in)abilities.…”

Section: A Brief Historical Reviewmentioning

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A periodic table of personality elements? The "Big Five" and trait "psychology" in critical perspective.

Lamiell¹

2000

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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Within contemporary personality psychology there is widespread consensus that, at long last, the basic elements of "the" human personality have been empirically discovered, and that the systematic search for the underlying causes and consequences of personality differences can be pursued on this basis. The putatively basic trait dimensions are neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and are referred to collectively as "the Big Five." In the present article, this perspective on the psychology of personality is examined critically and found wanting. It is argued that neither the "Big Five" framework in particular nor trait "psychology" more generally is adequate as the basis for a scientific psychology of the human person.This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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Section: A Brief Historical Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%