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Definition of personality
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Consistent behavior patterns and interapersonal processes originating within the individual
there are many definitions though |
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Psychoanalytic approach
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Our unconscious minds are largely responsible for important differences in their behaviors
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Trait approach
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Identify where a person might lie along a continuum of various personality characteristics
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Biological approach
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Point to inherited predispositions and physiological processes to explain individual differences
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Humanistic approach
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Identify personal responsibility and feelings of self-acceptance as the key cause of differences in personality
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Behavioral/social learning approach
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Explain consistent behavior patterns as the result of conditioning and experiences
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Cognitive approach
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Look at differences in the way people process information to explain differences in behavior
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Other terms for 'tests'
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Testmeasureinstrumentscale
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Collectivist culture
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More concerned about belonging to a larger group such as a family, tribe, or nation. more cooperation than competition-satisfaction with group doing better than individual
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MMPI
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Minnesota multiphasic personality dinventorylooks for abnormalities or flags, gives a good baseline'possible flat to look for'
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16 PF questionaire
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Mostly used by businesses, helps them select possible employees. this is valuable when there are many equally qualified employees
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