Personality, Psychological Assessment, and Psychobiography

A method for the analysis of personal data is described Although primarily directed toward extracting recurring dynamic sequences, “scripts,”“themas,”“guiding messages,” the method can be utilized to assess a host of personality vanables Two major strategies are employed ( a ) letting the data set reveal itself, and ( b ) asking the data a question Rules for data extraction and data transformation are discussed Application of the method to work m psychobiography is indicated by example