Personality Flashcards

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Define Personality

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The biologically and environmentally determined characteristics within a person that accounts for distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking, feeling and acting

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What two common observations give rise to the concept of personality?

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  1. That people seem to behave somewhat consistently over time
  2. People seem to behave the same across different situations
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