Intro to Personality

Intro to Personality

1. Personality can be formally defined as a given person's characteristic thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

   • Everyone have different personality's.

2. Personality Disorders

   • Long-lasting patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that deviate from relevant cultural expectations.

3. Personality Traits

   • Typical ways of thinking, behaving and feeling.

4. STATE VS TRAIT

   • 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.