Definition for Personality
From Biology Forums Dictionary
1) Personality is the particular combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual. Different personality theorists present their own definitions of the word based on their theoretical positions.
2) According to Gordon Allport, personality is "the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment." Personality is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. We most often describe it in terms of the measurable traits a person exhibits. Early work on the structure of personality tried to identify and label enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior, including shy, aggressive, submissive, lazy, ambitious, loyal, and timid traits. When someone exhibits these characteristics in a large number of situations, we call them personality traits of that person. The more consistent the characteristic over time, and the more frequently it occurs in diverse situations, the more important that trait is in describing the individual.
3) The relatively stable set of psychological attributes that distinguish one person from another.
4) The thoughts, feelings, and actions that characterize someone are generally viewed as their personality.
