Personality


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPersonality is the particular combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individualPersonality commonly refers to:Personality psychology, the theory and study of individual differences, traits, and types

* Personality trait theory, attributes by which people may vary in relative terms

Personality may also be discussed in the context of:

* Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions
* Personality pathology, characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress
* Personality quiz or Personality test, a series of questions (usually multiple-choice, rating scale, or True/False) intended to describe aspects of an individual's character, thoughts, and feelings
* Personality type, refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of behavior that occur with sufficient frequency as to be grouped into one member of a set of types. Personality typology approaches promote the concept that people cluster into common patterns of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral reactions.
* Personality change is the concept that although personality may have some stability throughout the lifespan, some individuals may undergo substantial alteration of their characteristic patterns of adapting to their social and personal environments. See for example, Caspi, A. & Roberts, B. W. (1999). Personality change and continuity across the life course. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John, Handbook of Personality Theory and Research
AID to Personality?



To the problem of cleaning up, beefing up, and organizing this section, I'd be glad to one of those who takes it on but I need to know about the "comprehensive" nature of the page. Most pages I have seen in WP are quite cursory, then some are truly encyclopedic (e.g., astronomy). So, I propose that a general outline with focus on history of and list of current approaches and controversies. These would be linked to seperate pages(?) so that the head page isn't too large. My approach would be fairly academic, as a base, and brances out to controversies and new developments. These two areas are where I think WP is ahead of the game to other standard sources which have quite a lag with new developments. So, what do people think? Any helpers? I like the idea of the Holland article (be careful to disambiguate him from John H. Holland of complexity theory). Rsugden 23:42, 3 August 2005 (UTC)