Personalities

Personalities refer to the individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. These patterns encompass a variety of traits, such as temperament, emotional patterns, motivations, and social behaviors, which contribute to how a person interacts with others and experiences the world. Personalities are often described through frameworks and theories that categorize them into distinct types or traits, such as the Big Five personality traits—openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Additionally, personality can be influenced by genetic, environmental, and situational factors, and it typically remains relatively stable over time, shaping an individual’s identity and influencing their choices, relationships, and overall life experiences.