Personality is the Basis of Psychology

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It requires a lot of reflection and is so complex that even Psychologists have studied it for years without completely understanding what the complexity entails; it is called personality. Personality is so important in our relations with others because it is our lifeline or link between communication and people. Usually when we meet someone, we end up describing him or her in type categories such as: tall, short, bright, witty, amiable, or pretty. While these general descriptions are accurate, they are just a small part of what may or may not represent a person. What actually represents someone is their personality but because human beings are so complex, we use adjectives as a partial description in a simplistic but futile attempt to understand them.

Personality interactions with others.

There are many different types of personalities and it is important to understand what type you have as well as the people that you are around the most. Most people have heard the expression, “know your audience,” and it simply means that you must know who and how you are i...

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