Learn Psychology, Chapter 13

According to chapter 13, personality is ones pattern of thinking,

feeling, and behaving. It describes what we like but also why we like
what we like. Theorists have tried to explain the way a person behaves
in

different

situations

as

well

as

over

time;

and

personality

psychologists have been interested not just in describing personality

but also understanding where it comes from and its development
overtime. To study personality most theorists and psychologist use
different perspectives, these are: the psychoanalytic perspective, the
humanistic perspective, the trait perspective, the social cognitive
perspective, and the biological perspective. These perspectives help
figure out the nature of someones personality, and why an individual
acts and reacts in a particular way. One of my favorite parts of the
chapter is how it introduces psychoanalysis, a type of therapy based
on a technique, in which unconscious conflict or motivations are
uncovered, explored and redirected.

When it is talking about

unconsciousness, according to Freud it is thoughts, memories, and

feelings and wishes that reside outside of awareness.