Personality Flashcards
1
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- A stable set of behavioral and experiential characteristics of an individual
- American Psychological Association 2014 - A characteristic way of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
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Personality
2
Q
- Embraces moods, attitudes, and opinions and is expressed in interactions with
other people. - 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
3
Q
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
4
Q
- Feelings
- More on psychological, more internal
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Attitude
5
Q
- Includes action
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Behavior