Personality

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Personality may refer to:

  • Personality psychology is the theory and study of personality types, personality traits and individual differences
  • Personality development, the study of personality development over time
  • Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions
  • Personality pathology is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress
  • Personality quiz, a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) intended to reveal something about the person who answers them
  • Personality tests aim to describe aspects of an individual's character, thoughts, and feelings
  • Personality type refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of behavior and the psychological classification of different types of individuals
  • Personality traits refer to attributes by which people may vary in relative terms, rather than their being divided into absolute types
  • Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults or brainwashing

The word 'personality' has be derived from the latin word per sonare which means speak through.

Personality is the total sum of an individual's psycho-physical aspects. There may be so many personalities as persons.

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  • Cult of personality, political institution in which a leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image
  • Personality rights, consisting of the rights to publicity and to privacy

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