Lexical studies: Lexical studies in psychology involve analyzing language, especially adjectives, to identify and categorize personality traits. These studies examine words people use to describe themselves and others, under the assumption that significant traits will be universally represented in languages. See also Personality traits, Lexical hypothesis, Everyday language, Folk psychology._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |