PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomothetic, Learned Helplessness
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Personality came for the word stems of persona : latin for mask . Meaning the mask people wear or the role they play in life. However, most psychologists use the term to refer to much more than the face or what the individual ted to show to others. Personality it is a set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that is organized, relatively enduring and that influences his or her interactions with and adaptations to the environment such as intrapsychic, physical, and social environment. However, sometimes people are more open with their personality with people surrounding us. In other words, how consistent or stable is personality based on your personal experience with friends, family members and your knowledge about yourself. Personality psychology notes how and why people are the same and different but most importantly it focuses on characteristics or trait descriptive adjectives.
