Personality

In psychology, personality is a description of consistent emotional, thought, and behavior patterns in a person. The several theoretical perspectives on personality involve different ideas about the relationship between personality and other psychological constructs as well as different ideas about the way personality doesn't develop. See personality psychology for more detail.

Personality may also refer to:

Psychology

• Personality psychology, a branch of psychology which studies personality and individual differences

• Personality development, the study of human personality development over time

• Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions

• In psychiatry and clinical psychology, 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 a person's character, thoughts, and feelings (see also psychological testing)

• Personality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of people

• Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults

• 16 Personality Factors (16PF), a sequence of personality factors constructed by Raymond Cattell

• Big Five personality traits, five broad factors or dimensions of personality traits discovered through empirical research

Sociology

• Cult of personality, a term applied to a political institution in which a country's leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image through unquestioning flattery and praise

• The Personality-Job Fit Theory, which assumes that examining a person's personality will give insight into their adaptability in an organization

• Personality rights, which consist of the right to publicity and the right to privacy

Literature

• Personality and Individual Differences, a scientific journal published bi-monthly by Elsevier

• Personality Plus, a book by Florence Littauer

Music

• Personality Crisis (band), a Canadian punk rock band

• Cult of Personality (song), a song by Living Colour

• Personality - One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird, the second album by The Sleepy Jackson

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