Differential psychology

Early on, Francis Galton, the father of differential psychology, held that a general dimension was central to many academic achievements as well as subsequent developmental trajectories throughout life but especially in the world of work. He also appears to have believed that psychological assessment should focus on attributes that operate widely. In Gabon s (1869/1961) words ... 

In an early differential psychology text, Ellis (1928) introduced psychologists to the Fallacy of the Neglected Aspect ... 

As there is for the time being no universal student model capable of explaining reality (will it ever be possible ) and as it is not operational to consider each individual case, we think that one way out of this difficulty is to try, similarly to what happens in differential psychology, to pragmatically define a limited number of learning profiles capable of explaining the vast majority of cases (not necessarily all ). 

Nebylitsyn, V., Current problems in differential psychophysiology. Soviet Psychology 11(3), 47-70, 1973. 

The considerable increase in demand for colored pigments over the last three decades is in response to a number of external factors, primarily of a psychological nature. Advertising effectiveness and product promotion have become increasingly dependent on the public attention value of colored materials. On the other hand, both industry and the private sector show an ever increasing tendency to color products for identification and differentiation purposes. 

Differential diagnosis in the medically ill patient involves untangling the effects of appropriate psycholog-... 

Read HL, Kiraly M, Dun NJ Serotonin differentially affects synaptic potentials evoked in the rat cerebral cortical slice. EurJ Pharmacol 183 1383P, 1990 Reading PJ Frontal lobe dysfunction in schizophrenia and Parkinson s disease—a meeting point for neurology, psychology and psychiatry discussion paper. J R Soc Med 84 349-353, 1991... 

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