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Personality
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A person's unique pattern of thinking, emotions, and behavior
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Character
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Personal characteristics that have been judged or evaluated; desirable or undesirable qualities
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Temperment
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Hereditary aspects of personality; sensitivity, irritability, distractibility
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Personality trait
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Stable qualitlies that a person shows in most situations
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Personality type
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Style of personality defined by a group of related traits
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Introvert vs. extrovert
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Attention is focused inward; shy, reserved, self-centered....attention is directed outward; bold, outgoing
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Self-concept
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Person's perception of his/her own personality traits...mental "picture" of your own personality
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Self-esteem
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Positive evaluation of one's self..eastern cultures focus on faults and how to be better. western cultures focus on personal success
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Personality theory
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A system of concepts, ideas, principles used to understand and explain personality
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Personality theory perspectives
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Trait theories- what traits make up personality, how they relate to actual behavior.
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Personality theory perspectives
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Psychodynamic theories- inner workings of personality, internal conflicts and struggles
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Personality theory perspectives
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Behavioristic and social learning theories- place importance on external environment and effects of conditioning & learning
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Personality theory perspectives
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Humanistic theories- stress private, subjective experience and personal growth
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Hans Eysenck
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Personalities related to whether your introverted/extroverted and whether your emotionally stable or unstable
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Gordon Allport
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Common traits- shared by most members of a particular culture
individual traits- define unique person
cardinal traits- all person's activites relate
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