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10/5/2023

Personality defined
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 Personality is an easy  In the words of the


concept to grasp for American
Interpersonal & Group Processes most of us. It’s what Psychological
makes you “you”. It Association (APA),
encompasses all the personality is:
traits, characteristics,  “individual differences
and quirks that set you in characteristic
apart from everyone patterns of thinking,
PERSONALITY else. feeling, and behaving”
(APA, 2017).

Background on Personality The Big Five (NEO-PI)


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 Explains preferences for


behavior  Openness to Change
 Develops early  Conscientiousness (Work Ethic)
 Explains everyday  Extraversion (Interpersonal Patterns)

behavior of people  Agreeableness


 Easy to observe  Neuroticism (Emotional Reactions)

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