Personalistic psychology is an approach originated by the German-American psychologist and philosopher William Stern. It places emphasis on the individual by examining measurable personality traits and the way those traits interact within each single person to create the self, treating personality as an organized, purposive whole rather than as a bundle of separate traits studied in isolation.
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Central QuestionHow can psychology account for the person as a unified whole whose traits interact to constitute a self, rather than treating personality only as a sum of separately measured, impersonal traits? 1 Founded Year Sources
1. Wikipedia: William Stern (psychologist)
Wikimedia FoundationPublications list, 1906 entry
Stern, W. (1906). Person und Sache: System der philosophischen Weltanschauung. Erster Band: Ableitung und Grundlehre (Person and thing: System of a philosophical worldview (Rationale and basic tenets, Vol. one). Leipzig: Barth.
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was a German American psychologist and philosopher who originated personalistic psychology, which placed emphasis on the individual by examining measurable personality traits as well as the interaction of those traits within each person to create the self.
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