Theorists' Personalities & Theories

personality theories

grow from theorists' own personalities, a study of those personalities is appropriate

psychology of science

subdiscipline of psychology that has begun to look at personal traits of scientists

psychology of science

studies both science and behavior of scientists

psychology of science

investigates the impact of an individual scientist's psychological processes and personal characteristics on the development of his or her scientific theories and research

psychology of science

examines how scientists' personalities, cognitive processes, developmental histories, and social experience affect the kind of science they conduct and the theories they create

personality differences

influence one's theoretical orientation as well as one's inclination to lean toward the "hard" or "soft" side of a discipline

personality differences

account for fundamental disagreements between those who lean toward the quantitative side and the clinical & qualitative side of psychology

quantitative side of psychology

side of psych:

behaviorists, social learning theorists, and trait theorists

qualitative side of psychology

side of psych:

psychoanalysts, humanists, and existentialists

scientific process

influenced by the personal characteristics of the scientist

scientific product

ultimate usefulness

scientific product

must be evaluated independently of the process

objective criteria

evaluation of each of the theories presented in this book should rest more on _________