Personality as a subject of psychological analysis in studies of foreign scholars at the beginning of the XXI century

The article introduces the findings of fundamental and applied investigations of personality in foreign psychological science. Regarding approaches based on different methodological concepts of human psychology and summing up the data of theoretical review we may note the high level of scientific interest to study of human personality revealing the perspectives in this area of science. The article is a brief review of contemporary approaches to study of human personality in studies of foreign scholars.

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