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A stable set of intrapsychic(internal) characteristics and tendencies determines the psychological behavior of people.

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Personality according to Salvador Maddi

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a latin word which means mask.

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persona

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A person’s unique and relatively stable behavior patterns; the consistency of who you are, have been, and will become; It refers to the enduring characteristics and behavior

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Personality

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Personal characteristics that have been judged or evaluated

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Character

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Hereditary aspects of personality, including sensitivity, moods, irritability, and adaptability

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Temperament

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Stable qualities that a person shows in most situations

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Personality Trait

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People who have several traits in common

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Personality type

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undergoes the process of division of which traits are
passed on from parents to the offspring

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Genes

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the physical traits like body built, complexion of the skin, facial contours and physical appearance

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External attributes

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those refers to the conditions of the nervous system, endocrine system and also the IQ level of the individual.

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Internal attributes

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the child learn things like eating, walking, talking, honesty, and fair play based on the accepted behavior patterns in his social environment.

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Environmental Factors

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an intimate and face-to-face association and cooperation with our family, playmates, neighbors, school, church, friends

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Primary group

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occurs when the individual increases their interaction level with their society; larger environment

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Secondary group

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explain reasons about ideas about the appropriate ways of doing things; considered to be a factor in shaping a person’s personality.

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Cultural factors

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a personality characteristic pattern that meets three criteria: consistent, stable, and varies from person to person; honesty, bravery, compassion

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Traits

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Temporary alteration of one’s personality

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State

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17
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a person who is outgoing and oriented through physical stimulation

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extraversion

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a person who manifests behavior like being quiet and has adverse physical stimulation.

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introversion

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Attempt to learn what traits make up personality and how they relate to actual behavior.

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Trait Theories

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Focus on the inner workings of personality, especially internal conflicts and struggles

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Psychodynamic theories

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Focus on external environment and on effects of conditioning and learning

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Behavioristic Theories

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Attribute differences in perspectives to socialization, expectations, and mental processes

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Social Learning Theories

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Focuses on private, subjective experience and personal growth

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Humanistic Theories

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a questionnaire on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits.

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Personality inventory

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His research propagated a two-tiered personality structure with sixteen primary factors; 16 personality factors

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Raymond Cattell

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believed that personality traits are related to whether you are mainly introverted or extroverted and whether you tend to be emotionally stable or unstable

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Hans Eysenck

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27
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expanded the “OCEAN” (The big 5) personalities

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McCrae & Costa

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the psychological classification of different types of people

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Personality types

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Shy, self-centered person whose attention is focused inward

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Introvert

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Bold, outgoing person whose attention is directed outward

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Extrovert

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According to him, birth order may influence personality development

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Alfred Adler

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According to Karen Horney it is a construct you apply to yourself to conform to social and personal norms and goals

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the Real self

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Model of personality that emphasizes learning and observable behavior

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Behavioral Personality Theory

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explained as guided by cognitions or expectations about the world, especially those about other people.

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Behaviors

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theories of personality that emphasize cognitive processes such as thinking and judging.

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Cognitive theories

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Believes that learning shapes our behavior and explains personality

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Learning Theorists

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Emphasized that people have free will and that they play an active role in determining how they behave.

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Humanistic theories

38
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Ability to choose that is NOT controlled by genetics, learning, or unconscious forces

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Free choice

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Private perceptions of reality

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Subjective Experience

40
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Process of fully developing personal potentials

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Self-Actualization (Maslow)

41
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fulfilling themselves and doing the best that they are capable of doing.

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Self actualizing persons

42
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He focused on the growth and fulfillment of individuals.

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Carl Rogers

43
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the ability to put oneself in the shoes of other people and see the world as they see it

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Empathy

44
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refers to one’s psychological climate and the conditions of the therapeutic interview.

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Personal Warmth

45
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the facility of getting along with others without conflicts (pakikisama, use of euphemistic language, use of go-between)

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Smooth Interpersonal Relations or SIR

46
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This tends to lead to the uncomfortable feeling that one is in a
socially unacceptable position

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Hiya

47
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personality of Filipinos of starting something but eventually would quit in the middle of things. (resolution, planner)

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Ningas kugon

48
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Debt of Gratitude. Reciprocity

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Utang na loob

49
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An expression that comes from the Filipino word BATHALA which means GOD. Come what may attitude

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Bahala na

49
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unique ways of welcoming visitors in their homes and offering them the best

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Hospitality

50
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when filipinos tend to not to see beyond the family circle. only those who are considered to be part of the family would get benefit from the same family circle member.

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Amoral familism

51
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method of assessing personality based upon the idea that assessment of the person’s outer appearance, may give insights into one’s character or personality

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Physiognomy

52
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personality traits of a person were determined by reading bumps and fissures in the skull

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Phrenology

53
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study and analysis of handwriting especially in relation to human psychology.

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Graphology

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It is a written self-rating test or inventory test which is administered in a form of questionnaires and is answered by yes/no or true/false.

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Objective tests

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face-to-face meeting designed to gain information about someone’s personality, current psychological state, or personal history

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Behavioral Method

56
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conversation is informal, and topics are discussed as they arise

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Unstructured Interview

57
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follows a prearranged plan, using a series of planned questions

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Structured Interview

58
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seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots

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inkblots

59
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When circumstances of reality frustrate an id impulse; intervenes to protect the ego from the frustration of the real situation.

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Denial

60
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this defense replaces the object of an impulse with a substitute object

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Displacement

61
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involves escaping one’s emotions through a focus on intellectual concepts, abstract and insignificant details, or rational explanation devoid of physical acceptance

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Intellectualization

62
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process of unconsciously attributing one’s own unacceptable impulses, attitudes and behaviors to other people.

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Projection

62
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Allows a person to defend the self ’s real feeling by creating false motives. “sour grapes”

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Rationalization

63
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unacceptable impulse is repressed, and then the opposite is
expressed on a conscious level

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Reaction Formation

64
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it is a way of alleviating anxiety by retreating to an earlier period
of life that was more secure and pleasant

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Regression

65
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visual or auditory perceptions may be distorted or memories
associated with painful events may be obliterated completely.

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Repression

66
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is the only healthy way to deal with objectionable impulses
because it allows the ego to convert them into socially accepted forms of expression.

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Sublimation

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