Personality

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Contents 1 Sociology 2 Literature 3 Media 4 Show business 5 Others

Personality may refer to:

• Personality psychology is the theory and study of personality types, personality traits and individual differences
• Personality development, the study of personality development over time
• Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions
• Personality pathology is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress
• Personality quiz, a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) intended to reveal something about the person who answers them
• Personality tests aim to describe aspects of an individual's character, thoughts, and feelings
• Personality type refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of behavior and the psychological classification of different types of individuals
• Personality traits refer to attributes by which people may vary in relative terms, rather than their being divided into absolute types
• Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults or brainwashing

[edit] Sociology

• Cult of personality, political institution in which a leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image
• Personality rights, consisting of the people to publicity and to privacy

[edit] Literature

• Personality (novel) (2003) , by Andrew O'Hagan
• Personality and Individual Differences, a scientific journal published bi-monthly by Elsevier

[edit] Media

• A Celebrity who often appears in the media as having a distinguishing basis for their celebrity, by behavior, character, achievement, or lifestyle, or by repeated appearance in the media, such as a Television personality or Radio personality.

[edit] Show business

• "Personality" (song), a 1959 song by Lloyd Price
• Cult of Personality (song), a song by Living Colour
• Personality Crisis (band), a Canadian punk rock band
• Personality - One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird, the second album by The Sleepy Jackson
• Personality (TV series), a game show with Larry Blyden

[edit] Others

• Personality (horse), 1970 American Horse of the Year

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