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Personality, Psychological Assessment, and Psychobiography
Author(s) -
Alexander Irving E.
Publication year - 1988
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.1467-6494.1988.tb00469.x
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , scripting language , set (abstract data type) , social psychology , computer science , programming language , operating system
A method for the analysis of personal data is described Although primarily directed toward extracting recurring dynamic sequences, “scripts,”“themas,”“guiding messages,” the method can be utilized to assess a host of personality vanables Two major strategies are employed ( a ) letting the data set reveal itself, and ( b ) asking the data a question Rules for data extraction and data transformation are discussed Application of the method to work m psychobiography is indicated by example