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    This document discusses personality psychology. It defines personality as characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique. Personality arises from within an individual and remains consistent over time. The document outlines some fundamental characteristics of personality, including consistency in behavior across situations, biological and psychological influences, impact on behaviors and actions, and expression through thoughts, feelings, and social interactions. It then describes some major theories of personality development, such as type, trait, psychodynamic, behavioral, and humanist theories.

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    This document discusses personality psychology. It defines personality as characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique. Personality arises from within an individual and remains consistent over time. The document outlines some fundamental characteristics of personality, including consistency in behavior across situations, biological and psychological influences, impact on behaviors and actions, and expression through thoughts, feelings, and social interactions. It then describes some major theories of personality development, such as type, trait, psychodynamic, behavioral, and humanist theories.

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    This document discusses personality psychology. It defines personality as characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique. Personality arises from within an individual and remains consistent over time. The document outlines some fundamental characteristics of personality, including consistency in behavior across situations, biological and psychological influences, impact on behaviors and actions, and expression through thoughts, feelings, and social interactions. It then describes some major theories of personality development, such as type, trait, psychodynamic, behavioral, and humanist theories.

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    What Is Personality?

    Almost everyday we describe and assess the


    personalities of the people around us. Whether we
    realize it or not, these daily musings on how and why
    people behave as they do are similar to what
    personality psychologists do.
    While our informal assessments of personality tend to
    focus more on individuals, personality psychologists
    instead use conceptions of personality that can apply
    to everyone. Personality research has led to the
    development of a number of theories that help explain
    how and why certain personality traits develop.
    Components of Personality
    While there are many different theories of personality,
    the first step is to understand exactly what is meant by
    the term personality. A brief definition would be that
    personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of
    thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person
    unique. In addition to this, personality arises from
    within the individual and remains fairly consistent
    throughout life.
    Some of the fundamental characteristics of personality
    include:
     Consistency - There is generally a recognizable
    order and regularity to behaviors. Essentially,
    people act in the same ways or similar ways in a
    variety of situations.

     Psychological and physiological - Personality is a


    psychological construct, but research suggests that
    it is also influenced by biological processes and
    needs.

     Impact behaviors and actions - Personality does


    not just influence how we move and respond in
    our environment; it also causes us to act in certain
    ways.

     Multiple expressions - Personality is displayed in


    more than just behavior. It can also be seen in out
    thoughts, feelings, close relationships and other
    social interactions.
    Theories of Personality
    There are a number of different theories about how
    personality develops. Different schools of thought in
    psychology influence many of these theories. Some of
    these major perspectives on personality include:
     Type theories are the early perspectives on
    personality. These theories suggested that there
    are a limited number of "personality types" which
    are related to biological influences.

     Trait theories viewed personality as the result of


    internal characteristics that are genetically based.

     Psychodynamic theories of personality are heavily


    influenced by the work of Sigmund Freud, and
    emphasize the influence of the unconscious on
    personality. Psychodynamic theories include
    Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual stage theory and
    Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development.

     Behavioral theories suggest that personality is a


    result of interaction between the individual and
    the environment. Behavioral theorists study
    observable and measurable behaviors, rejecting
    theories that take internal thoughts and feelings
    into account. Behavioral theorists include B. F.
    Skinner and John B. Watson.

     Humanist theories emphasize the importance of


    free will and individual experience in the
    development of personality. Humanist theorists
    include Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.
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