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Psychological Triad |
The three essential topics of psychology: how people think, how they feel, and how they behave. |
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Personality |
Refers to an individual's characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms behind those patterns. |
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Basic approach (to personality) |
A theoretical view of Personality that focuses on some phenomena and ignores others. The basic approaches are trait, biological, psychoanalytic, phenomenological, learning, and cognitive (the last two being closely related) - also called paradigm |
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Trait approach |
The theoretical view of personality that focuses on individual differences in personality and behavior, and the psychological processes behind them. |
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Biological approach |
The view of Personality that focuses on the way behavior and personality are influenced by neuroanatomy, biochemistry, genetics, and evolution. |
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Psychoanalytic approach |
The theoretical view of personality, based on the writings of Freud, that emphasize the unconscious processes of the mind. |
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Phenomenological approach |
The theoretical view of personality that emphasizes experience, free will, and the meaning of life. Closely related to humanistic psychology and existentialism. |
