Personality

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• Personality psychology is the theory and study of personality types, personality traits and individual differences
• Personality development, the study of human 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 a person's character, thoughts, and feelings
• Personality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of people
• Personality traits refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of human behavior
• Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults or brainwashing

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 rights to publicity and to privacy

Literature

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