Category:Personality

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Articles relating to personality, defined as the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.<ref name="Handbook">,

 The Cambridge handbook of personality psychology, 
 1. publ. edition, 
 Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 
  
  
  
 ISBN 978-0-521-86218-9,</ref> While there is no generally agreed upon definition of personality, most theories focus on motivation and psychological interactions with one's environment.<ref>, 
  
 Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 
  
 Wolters Kluwer, 
 2017, 
  
  
 ISBN 978-1-4511-0047-1,</ref>  Trait-based personality theories, such as those defined by Raymond Cattell, define personality as the traits that predict a person's behavior. On the other hand, more behaviorally-based approaches define personality through learning and habits.  Nevertheless, most theories view personality as relatively stable.<ref name="Handbook"/>

Subcategories

This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

Pages in category "Personality"

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