Psychology › Section K · Personality › Topic K.1
What is personality?
Two people can face the same exam, party or setback and respond in completely different ways, and they tend to keep responding in those ways for years. Personality psychology studies those lasting differences: what they are, how to describe them, and where they come from.
In this topic
- What personality means
- Traits, states and situations
- The four humours and temperaments
- Kant and Wundt: from boxes to dimensions
- Phrenology: a cautionary tale
- Worked example: is it personality?
- Worked example: testing phrenology
- From Freud to the modern perspectives
- Describing is not diagnosing
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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