The Biological Aspects of Normal Personality

It is the mission of this volume to accomplish functioning normally. Similarly, if our MMPI two goals: (1) present a relatively broad profile falls entirely within the designated spectrum or research focusing on biophysical 'normal range' we conclude that our person­ aspects of personality, (2) select those studies ality is functioning normally. Abnormal per­ examining normal personality. Both state­ sonality is thought of as so extreme ments require brief clarification. (schizophrenia, manic-depression, neurosis With regards to the first point, it will and the like) that it bears no resemblance, become evident why the qualifier 'relatively' is surely nothing to do with 'normals'. Such used. This area of inquiry is a recent one, only reasoning is surely one of the factors con­ within the past several decades moving into tributing to the sparse research on normal the neighbourhood of scientific respectability. personality (i.e. what is normal need not be As such, investigation has been limited to a investigated since, by definition, it is normal.).