Personality Paper
Patricia Poling
Psychology 405
Febuary 13, 2012
Karen Wilson

Personality Paper
The meaning of personalities differs among psychologist. Most do agree the word personality derives from Latin persona. Persona refers to the mask an actor wears in their theatrical performances in Greek and Roman dramas (Fiest & Feist, 2006). This does not apply the complete meaning of personality. There are many others. This is one definition of personality. This does not apply to the definition altogether. A psychologist the term personality is referring to more than the role or part one plays. Traits refer to an individual and the different types of behavior. These behaviors are at times consistent, others these may be erratic. These may be modeled after the behaviors of environment. The characteristics of an individual implies the often to the physique, temperament, and intelligence (Feist & Feist).
Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Personality
In studying the personality scientist, use a set of logical deductive assumptions. Next, a theory is a set of related assumptions. A theory has more than a single assumption. The next key is to define the assumption. The theory is made up of examples that are not proven facts. Although these may not be facts, they are considered to be. The result will establish and continue to build on the original theory. Logical deductive reasoning is used in formatting a hypothesis.
Assumption of a basic human nature, perspectives, viewpoints, and world-views of individual researchers. The study of human nature in psychology has six dimensions: 1) determinism versus free choice; Does an individual have control over the forces that influence their behavior, and can the behavior be predicted.
2) Pessimism versus optimism; Can an individual control the way they perceive the world around them.
3) Causality versus