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Personality Psychology

Personality and Social Psychology
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The branch of psychology that studies the patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make an individual unique, including the traits and processes that stay stable across situations and time.

Facts
Central Question
What makes individuals psychologically different from one another, and how stable are those differences across situations and time? 1
Key Debate
The person-situation debate, over whether behavior is driven mainly by stable internal traits or by the immediate situation; most personality psychologists now hold that traits predict behavior in aggregate while situational factors predict it in the short term. 1
Connections

Associated With

Walter Mischel, Psychologists
Source Wikipedia: Walter Mischel

Includes

Abraham Maslow, Psychologists
Carl Jung, Psychologists
Collective Unconscious, Theories and Concepts
Hierarchy of Needs, Theories and Concepts
Person-Situation Debate, Theories and Concepts
Source Wikipedia: Person-Situation Debate
Psychoanalytic Theory, Theories and Concepts
Self-Determination Theory, Theories and Concepts
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Personality psychology
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Opening paragraph
    examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces.
  • Philosophical Assumptions, Active versus reactive subsection
    Most modern theorists agree that both are important, with aggregate behavior being primarily determined by traits and situational factors being the primary predictor of behavior in the short term.
Simply Psychology, Branches of Psychology
Simply Psychology (Saul McLeod Ltd)Branches of Psychology, Personality Psychology section
Quote, Branches of Psychology, Personality Psychology section
The personality branch of psychology studies the patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make an individual unique.
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Wikipedia: Walter Mischel
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Walter Mischel, Lead paragraph
Quote, Associated With: Walter Mischel, Lead paragraph
an Austrian-born American psychologist specializing in personality theory and social psychology
Wikipedia: Person-Situation Debate
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Person-Situation Debate, Opening paragraph
Quote, Includes: Person-Situation Debate, Opening paragraph
The person-situation debate in personality psychology refers to the controversy concerning whether the person or the situation is more influential in determining a person's behavior.
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