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maximize your score potential. Hello, I'm Sam Smith. This podcast covers personality, and I'm going to

talk about two main topics here. I'm going to talk about

personality theories of like where personality comes from and kind of what it is. And then I'll

talk a little bit about personality disorders. And these are just conditions in which someone's

personality or kind of an aspect of someone's personality affects their well-being.

This material will show up on one of the four

MCAT sections, that's the psych-sosch section. Most of this is psychology. So I hope this

helps in your studies. Enjoy. So before we get into the different theories of personality that you should know for the MCAT,

I want to first talk about what personality is.

You know, how do we even define personality?

Personally, when I hear the term personality, I kind of think about it as like someone's repeated behavior over time.

You know, are they, are they

nice each time I see them? Well, then that person is, is a kind person or are they an asshole every

time I see them? You know, that person's an asshole. Then if they're that way every time I see them.

I also kind of include like the quirks that people have when I talk to them. You know, maybe the

way they talk or some of the mannerisms they have, you know, that all ties into their personality.

So, you know, to me, personality is kind of like an all-encompassing term that describes someone's innate or learn behaviors.

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