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Oh, my. Hello, you're listening to The Science of Everything podcast, episode 149, the psychology of personality.

I'm your host, James Vodal.

So, in this episode, we're going to talk about personality psychology.

We're going to discuss what is the definition of personality, so what are we talking about here,

and then give a bit of a history of different theories of personality. So we'll talk a bit

about Freud, Jung, Adler, and Maslow, some of the older figures, not very much detail, but

that acts as a prelude to talking about modern theories of personality, so particularly trait

theories, and we'll focus on the Big Five personality characteristics, and talk a little bit about

values and narrative identity as well.

No recommended pre-listing for this episode. It's kind of standalone. So, without further ado,

let's get started and begin by talking about what is the definition of personality in personality

psychology. Well, the APA Dictionary defines personality as, quote, the enduring

configuration of characteristics and behavior that comprises an individual's unique adjustment

to life, including major traits, interests, drives, values, self-conceptibilities, and emotional

pattern. End quote. Now, since this definition is incredibly vague, and since there's not really a single standard

accepted definition that's any more specific than that, in this introduction section I'm

just going to talk a bit about what differentiates personality from other areas of psychology.

So we can understand a bit about what

personality is by talking about what it isn't. So the way that I'm going to characterize

personality psychology in this episode is that it is the study of individual psychological human

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