Three Approaches to the Study of Personality

  Burham’s phrase “everyone knows what personality is, but no one can express it in words ” describes one of the biggest problems in the study of this psychological construct. As a matter of fact, if we look for one definitive scientific explanation of what it is, we’ll find that almost every author has a different idea. Nevertheless, we’re able to broadly define personality as a construct that includes traits that mediate people’s behavior. Different methodological problems have arisen in relation to the study of personality. The main ones have been the creation of instruments that are able to measure…