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prepare in: The first 200 words of this essay... Personality is
a mixture of a person's traits and characteristics which make
them different from everyone else. Sports performers
personalities' may widely vary or be very similar. When
describing their personality, just listing characteristics is
not always 100% accurate. This is because their characteristics
may be different when not playing sports. For example, Eric
Cantona may only be aggressive when on the football pitch and
not in his everyday life. Because of this, Hollander then
designed a structure of personality which was split into 3
layers: 1. Psychological core - true beliefs and values 2.
Typical responses - normal response to a situation. 3. Role-
related behaviour - response is affected by the socia