How you relate to other people (I spend most days all by myself, by choice ). How you feel at this very moment (anxious, relaxed, irritable, happy), 2. If you look away from this entry, right now, and let your mind focus on you, and you ask: Who am I really? ” You will think about: 1. The APA definition lends itself to the “study of personality.” APA assumes that personality consists of individual differences (uniqueness: No one person is the same) and its study “understanding how various parts of a person come together as a whole.' The other is understanding how the various parts of a person come together as a whole. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. Merriam-Webster describes personality as the singular quality that makes an individual a “person.” In other words, personality is, in this definition, comprehensively, who a person is.Īmerican Psychological Association states: Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. 2a : The condition or fact of relating to a particular person specifically : the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or hostilely at an individual. The Merriam-Webster definition of personality: 1a : The quality or state of being a person.

It is (or was - he died September 26, 2008) fair to say that Paul Newman is a distinctive individual by virtue of his entertainment celebrity status. Most people, at least my age, would recognize one of the faces above as that of Paul Newman. A famous person, especially in entertainment or sports. The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.

Alone Together by Robert Hill