3 Questions
What is needed to fully understand a person's personality?
Six traits
What two factors have been proposed to describe personality?
Stability and plasticity
What is the definition of personality?
The unique set of characteristics that shape an individual's behavior
Study Notes
- Personality is the unique set of characteristics that shape an individual's behavior and interactions with their environment.
- Personality structure refers to how we can describe a person's personality in the simplest way possible.
- Six main traits or characteristics are needed to fully understand a person's personality, instead of just five.
- Other ways of describing personality have been proposed, such as one broad trait or two factors: stability and plasticity.
- Or three specific traits or multiple factors.
Test your knowledge about the different ways to describe and understand personality traits, including the six main traits and other proposed models like one broad trait or two factors.
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