What is Personality?
{{otheruses}} '''Personality''' is a term that describes the [[trait]]s a [[person]] shows most of the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Personality|url=https://dictionary.apa.org/personality|access-date=14 November 2024|website=APA Dictionary of Psychology}}</ref> ==Overview== Personalities include how they [[Thought|think]], [[Behavior|behave]], respond to [[Emotion|emotions]] and what they like and dislike. Someone's personality may change over their lifetime, but this happens slowly over long periods of time.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Cambridge handbook of personality psychology|date=|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-521-86218-9|editor-last=Corr|editor-first=Philip J.|edition=1st|location=Cambridge, U.K.|editor-last2=Matthews|editor-first2=Gerald}}</ref> ==In real life== Understanding someone's personality may help you predict how they will behave in many situations.{{cn|date=November 2024}} This makes it possible to explain and understand people's behavior [[Science|scientifically]]. The scientific [[Field of study|study]] of personality is called personality psychology, which is part of the overall study of [[psychology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Personality psychology|url=https://dictionary.apa.org/personality-psychology|access-date=14 November 2024|website=APA Dictionary of Psychology}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Psychiatry]] * [[Mental illness]] * [[Personality disorder]] * [[Id, ego and super-ego]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{stub}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Personality| ]]