Intro to Personality

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Australian Capital Territory - Australian Capital Territory Year 12 Certificate Psychology Mind Map on Intro to Personality, created by jasmin.uppal on 15/06/2013.
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Intro to Personality
  1. Personality can be formally defined as a given person's characteristic thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
    1. Everyone have different personality's.
    2. Personality Disorders
      1. Long-lasting patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that deviate from relevant cultural expectations.
      2. Personality Traits
        1. Typical ways of thinking, behaving and feeling.
        2. STATE VS TRAIT
          1. Unlike traits, which are stable characteristics, states are temporary behaviours or feelings that depend on a person's situation and motives at a particular time. the difference between traits and states is analogous to the difference between climate and weather. A person who has the trait of calmness may experience a state of anxiety on a day when he or she faces a difficult challenge.
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