Thursday 23 July 08:15
- 09:45
Hall: 16 - Room 13 SA
Chair and Presenter:
Troffimova Irina
Discussant:
Araki Michael
Division: Division 2: Psychological Assessment and Evaluation
This symposium explores the applications of assessment of temperament profiles in clinical, organizational and educational psychology. Structure of reported temperament profiles is based on neurochemical framework Functional Ensemble of Temperament (FET). First speaker briefly presents the FET's neurochemical biomarkers and constructivism principles. Second speaker describes the study examining temperament profiles associated with polymathy and school grades. The results are applicable in organizational and educational psychology. Third speaker gives the example of screening temperament profiles in children, highlighting the differences in profiles associated with different school grades in children. Forth speaker will demonstrate the benefits of using estimated schooling grades in adults and comparison of them with temperament profiles. The last speaker will describe FET-structured studies in clinical psychology, showing the differences in temperament profiles associated with Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety and comorbid Depression and Anxiety.
