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An 8 page paper that examines the techniques used by psychologists to measure the differences between individual personalities. Included is a discussion of early personality differentiation methods and the modifications that have been made to these early methods over the last half-century. Also included are examples of benefits to be gained through the advancement of this field. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the race of mankind. We can readily and easily measure differences between the many varied and diversified groups that make up the globalized family of man by taking into
consideration the many geographical and cultural influences that affect each of these groups. Differentiation between the individuals who make up these groups, however, is a much more complex task
and one that cannot be as readily or easily measured by geography or culture. The very factors that we commonly share and that classify us as human beings, our
unique differences, our individualism, and the mental capacity to reason and act upon that reasoning, are the factors that make measuring the differences between individuals such a complicated and difficult
endeavor. Early Work in Personality Differentiation Psychologist Gordon Allport described personality as being "the dynamic organization, within the person, of psychophysical systems that
determine the persons characteristic behavior and thought" (PG; Virginia Tech Department of Psychology, 1998; http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/ artsci/psych/faculty/friedman/10-15-98p1/sld003.htm). During the first half of the twentieth century, Allports work in the psychology
field of measuring the differences between individual personalities led to an approach that became standard evaluation in the field. He proposed that the task of differentiating between separate and
distinct personalities could be accomplished by analyzing and specifying the traits that made up individual personalities (Bayern, 1996). Personality traits, according to the American Psychiatric Association, can be defined as
the "enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself" and come into play in a "wide range of important and social contexts" (p. 647; Deary,
Peter, Austin & Gibson, 1998: p. 647). These traits are each made up of clusters that contain thought processes, the feelings that are associated with these processes, and the
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