Title Wendy Lewis only

 TOPIC: Scientific Study of Personality Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary that explores personality characteristics.

Address the following in your summary: 

·         How do psychologists define personality? Provide an overview of the definition of personality.

·         Researchers use a number of different methods to study personality. Three of the most commonly used methods are case studies, correlational designs, and experimental designs or true experiments.  How do these methods differ?

·         What kind of information does each method provide?

·         What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method?

Do NOT use about.com, psychology.about.com, ask.com, simplypsychology.org, AllPsych.com, SparkNotes.com, wikipedia, or other sources that are not scholarly in nature.  

You MUST have a minimum of 2 scholarly sources as references.  You may use your textbook but it does not count as one of these sources.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.