personality
Let an agent explain personality as a psychological construct, relay theories, measurement and research from psychological sources with attribution, describe cultural concepts such as honne and tatemae, and distinguish personality from character, temperament, identity and personality disorders.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain personality as a psychological construct, relay theories, measurement and research from psychological sources with attribution, describe cultural concepts such as honne and tatemae, and distinguish personality from character, temperament, identity and personality disorders.
The characteristic patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour that distinguish individuals and persist across time and situations, studied in personality psychology through trait models such as the Big Five, through theories of temperament, dependency and individual differences, and through cultural concepts such as the Japanese distinction between honne, true feelings, and tatemae, public facade, and culture and personality studies in anthropology; personality is assessed by questionnaires and shapes health, relationships and work, and terms such as charismatic personality describe socially recognised types.
What it is for: Not applicable; a psychological construct.
It can be explain the construct; relay theories and measurement; describe cultural concepts; distinguish related concepts.
Distinguishing features
Stable patterns
Individual differences
Trait and type models
Cultural framing
What it looks like
Not a visible object; patterns of behaviour.
Physical character
Big Five traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism list
heritability estimates: about 40-60 percent - twin studies
common measures: NEO-PI, BFI, MMPI list
How it is recognised
Enduring individual patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour
Big Five traits, temperament, dependency, individual differences, honne and tatemae, charismatic personality
Character is moral evaluation; temperament is innate disposition; identity is self-definition; personality disorders are clinical
Related models
is a kind of - subject in registry terms
is measured by - in trait models
is contrasted with - the innate basis
is contrasted with - a clinical category
In practice
Families and kinds
trait models such as the Big Five and HEXACO
psychodynamic and humanistic theories
temperament and biological models
dependency and attachment-related constructs
cultural concepts such as honne and tatemae and culture and personality studies
socially recognised types such as the charismatic personality
Standards and regulation
Psychometric standards for personality tests
Employment law limits on personality testing in hiring
Research ethics
Failure modes and hazards
Treating pop personality types as science
Cultural bias in measures
Agents giving personal psychological assessment
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.personality-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What personality is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is personality, and how does it differ from character, temperament, identity and personality disorders? definition
- Is the question about the construct, a theory, a test or a personal assessment? boundary
Theories
Theories.
Theories
Theories.
- What are trait, psychodynamic, humanistic and biological theories of personality, with positions attributed? definition
- Which entry fits the specific theory? action
Science Measurement and research.
Attribution.
Measurement
Measurement.
Measurement
Measurement.
- How is personality measured, and how valid and reliable are the tests? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Findings
Findings.
Findings
Findings.
- What does research show about heritability, stability, change and outcomes of personality, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Culture Culture.
Attribution.
Honne
Honne and tatemae.
Honne
Honne.
- What are honne and tatemae in Japanese culture, and how do they relate to personality and self-presentation? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Cross-cultural
Cross-cultural personality.
Cross-cultural
Cross-cultural.
- How do culture and personality studies and cross-cultural research treat personality, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits cultural psychology? action
Context Applications and history.
Context.
Applications
Applications.
Applications
Applications.
- How is personality used in work, health and relationships, and what are the limits and ethics? provenance
- Which entry fits personality test? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did personality psychology develop from Galen s humours to trait theory? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of psychology? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Big Five and honne and tatemae be separate primary entries?
- How should psychological sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases from psychology, anthropology and Japanese culture; should they be split off?