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  1. Personality - American Psychological Association (APA)

    Personality refers to individual differences in patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. The study of personality focuses on individual differences in personality characteristics and how the parts of a …

  2. Personality is a high-interest topic in high school psychology because most students are in Erik Erikson’s identity versus role confusion stage and are in the process of solidifying many aspects of …

  3. Personality: Where Does it Come From? - Article Spotlight - APA

    Feb 13, 2018 · Personality: Where Does it Come From and How Does it Work? February 13, 2018 How do our personalities develop? What do we come with and what is built from our experiences? Once …

  4. What is borderline personality disorder? With Carla Sharp, PhD

    Carla Sharp, PhD, discusses how borderline personality disorder (BPD) is diagnosed, defined and treated, how family members can help children and adults with BPD, and how the disorder fits in with …

  5. What you need to know about willpower: The psychological science of ...

    Jan 26, 2012 · Willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals. With more self-control would we all eat right, exercise regularly, avoid drugs and alcohol, save for …

  6. Treating patients with borderline personality disorder

    Apr 1, 2025 · Key points Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most commonly diagnosed personality disorder in clinical populations. BPD can be diagnosed when a patient exhibits five or …

  7. Elements of Personality

    Elements of Personality focuses on the four major theoretical approaches to understanding personality: psychodynamic, behavioral and cognitive-behavioral, trait/interpersonal, and humanistic/existential. …

  8. Resilience - American Psychological Association (APA)

    Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to …

  9. APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology

    This four-volume handbook summarizes the current state of knowledge on major topics within the fields of personality and social psychology.

  10. The science behind creativity

    Apr 1, 2022 · “The standard definition, that creativity is novel and useful, is a description of a product,” he noted. “By looking inward, we can see the process in action and start to identify the …