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5 - Personality and the Unconscious

from Part I - Foundational Issues: History and Approaches to Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Marco Perugini ,
Juliette Richetin  and
Giulio Costantini
Edited by
Philip J. Corr  and
Gerald Matthews
Philip J. Corr
Affiliation:
City, University London
Gerald Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
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Summary

Personality can be defined as about studying characteristic patterns of behaviors and mental processes (thoughts, feelings and motivations) that are relatively stable across time and can be used to differentiate among individuals (Baumert et al., 2017). One of the issues connected to the study of personality is how these behaviors happen. Do people intentionally behave in a certain way? Are they aware of how they behave? Do they know why? Are they aware of the antecedents and consequences of their behavior? Do they hold beliefs about who they are (i.e., their self-concept)? How much do they know who they are? How willing are they to reveal who they think they are to other people?

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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology , pp. 69 - 80
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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