ABSTRACT
Within the field of behavioral science, there are a range of research questions that researchers pursue and consider in designing research to understand human behavior. The theoretical diversity in conceptualization of human personality discussed in previous chapters is matched by the methodological variation used to study personality. The most common research designs used to explore personality are correlational, experimental, and narrative designs. Within personality psychology, there are different levels of analysis that correspond to trying to understand how a person is like all others (i.e., human nature), like some others (i.e., individual differences), and like no others (i.e., human uniqueness). The purpose of this chapter is to describe methods of inquiry used in personality psychology to advance the argument that personality research methods of inquiry and personality tests used to assess personality can be used to advance the science of cybersecurity by applying and generating personality methods to better understand, protect, and defend information and systems in cybersecurity situations. A byproduct of this behavioral cybersecurity research will be advancing the knowledge base in the field of personality psychology.
