Individual Differences
Individual Differences
LECTURE OUTCOMES
• Understand the meaning of individual
differences
• Comprehend types of individual differences
DEFINITION
• Drever James:
• “Variations or deviations from the average of
the group, with respect to the mental or
physical characters, occurring in the
individual member of the group are
individual differences.”
CONTI..
• “The psychology of individual differences is largely
the study of group differences. This study
classifies individuals by age, traits, sex, race, social
class and so on, and observes the differences
within and between those groups. Physical,
mental, social and cultural differences etc. are
being studied, under individual differences.”