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Masculine/feminine: A personological perspective
Author(s) -
Carlson Rae
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1985.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - personality , perspective (graphical) , psychology , personality theory , ideology , domain (mathematical analysis) , personality development , social psychology , big five personality traits , epistemology , political science , politics , computer science , law , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence
How might our expanding knowledge of gender contribute to a deeper understanding of personality? This paper offers a personological perspective for considering the import of contemporary work, and focuses on the ten substantive papers included in this issue of the Journal of Personality An agenda for our future inquiry is proposed that includes (a) revising our ideology of science in a postpositivist era, (b) recognizing the complexity of personality as a domain distinguished from “human being theory,” (c) developing richer and more comprehensive personality theory, and (d) studying persons over time The papers reported in this issue contribute in various ways to the enrichment of personological understanding