six domains of knowledge

biological domain

Building blocks of behavior, thought, and emotion.

dispositional domain

Goal: identify and measure the most important ways in which individuals differ from one another.

social and cultural domain

assumption that personality affects, and is affected by, cultural and social contexts.

intrapsychic domain

deals with metal mechanisms of personality, many of which operate outside conscious awareness; freud's stages.

adjustment domain

how we cope, adapt, and adjust to events in our daily life.

cognitive-experimental domain

self concept goals we strive to meet emotional experiences that are general over time.