Personality Flashcards

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  1. A stable set of behavioral and experiential characteristics of an individual
    - American Psychological Association 2014
  2. A characteristic way of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
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Personality

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  1. Embraces moods, attitudes, and opinions and is expressed in interactions with
    other people.
  2. Includes behavioral characteristics, both inherent and acquired, that distinguish
    one person from another and that can be observed in people’s relations to the
    environment and to the social group.
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Personality

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The word personality comes from the Latin root word PERSONA, meaning
“MASK.” According to this root personality is the impression we make on others; the
mask we present to the world.
6. “Personality is the sum of activities that can be discovered by actual observations
over a long enough period to give reliable information.
- J.B. Watson (1930)

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Personality

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  • Feelings
  • More on psychological, more internal
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Attitude

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  • Includes action
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Behavior

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