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Explain what is meant by “personality”
Explain the 3 major viewpoints of personality studies
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Personality
Stable patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion that distinguishes one person from another
Little agreement about what it exactly is and how to measure it
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3. Focusing on Three Theories of Personality
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Cognitive
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Psychodynamic
An approach to psychology based on Freud’s ascertains which emphasize the unconscious process.
Psychoanalysis’s see behavior springing from unconscious drives and conflicts.
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Humanistic
A clinical viewpoint emphasizing human ability, growth, potential, and free will.
Theory that people have the capacity to choose their own pattern of life and are not just be driven by unconscious forces or shaped by environment.
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Cognitive theory is focused on the individual's thoughts as the determinate of his or her emotions and behaviors and therefore personality. 
Change your thoughts, you can change your moods….and personality
The psychological perspective that emphasizing the mental processes, such as…
…learning …memory …perception …thinking
How humans process, store, and retrieve information.
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CAN I
Explain what is meant by “personality”
Explain the 3 major viewpoints of personality studies
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