Experimental analysis of individual differences and personality.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Harzem, Peter
Abstract	In psychological studies individual differences that result in variability in data and thus mask the effects under investigation have been reduced or eliminated in two ways: (1) through the use of large numbers of subjects and statistical manipulations, or (2) through extensive and controlled studies of individual subjects. The latter, behavior-analytic, method is scientifically better because it permits identification of the variables that result in individual differences. This paper advocates the direct study of individual differences and personality rather than indirect study through experimental control procedures. Some data are presented showing that individual differences in response patterns have orderly characteristics. Extension of the experimental analysis of behavior to the study of individual differences and personality is likely to be important both scientifically and for the future growth of behavior analysis.
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ISSN	00225002
Volume Number	42
DOI	10.1901/jeab.1984.42-385
PubMed Central reference number	PMC1348110
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	16812397
Journal	J Exp Anal Behav
Language	English
Publisher Date	1984-11-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	personality individual differences human behavior coronary-proneness
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience