What is Personality
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What is Personality?
Understanding the concept of personality often involves untangling it from similar terms like "character" and "temperament." In their influential work, "Personality Disorders in Modern Life," Theodore Millon and Roger Davis describe personality as a complex system of deeply rooted psychological traits that manifest automatically across various aspects of psychological functioning.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2000, defines personality traits as consistent patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the world and oneself, evident in a broad range of social and personal contexts.
Many people mistakenly use “personality” interchangeably with “character” and “temperament.” However, there's a clear distinction. Temperament refers to our biological and genetic framework, a set of innate dispositions we are born with. While it was once thought unchangeable, recent studies reveal that the brain is more adaptable than previously believed.
Character, on the other hand, is shaped by our socialization processes. It is influenced by our environment and experiences, particularly during formative years between birth and adolescence. Character encompasses the traits we acquire and are often judged within a cultural-social framework.
These elements?"temperament, character, and personality?"interact in complex ways, sometimes leading to atypical personality developments.
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