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Area of Science:

  • Psychological Science
  • Individual Differences Research

Background:

  • Distinctions between studying persons, populations, and mechanisms aid research clarity.
  • However, these distinctions may not represent entirely separate branches of psychological science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose viewing "person-levelness" or "person-sensitivity" as an aspirational ideal in psychological research.
  • To explore the implications of this ideal for conceptualization, measurement, and analysis concerning individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis and theoretical argumentation.
  • Exploration of the ideal of person-sensitivity within the context of psychological research goals.

Main Results:

  • Person-sensitivity is an ideal to strive for, not a perfectly achievable state.
  • The degree of person-sensitivity realized in research is a matter of degree, not an absolute.

Conclusions:

  • There is no clear demarcation between person-level psychology and other branches.
  • Aspiring toward person-sensitivity can enhance conceptualizations, measurements, and analyses for individual-focused research.