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personality 
originated from the Latin persona, means theatrical mask worn by Roman actors in Greek dramas
persona
originated from the Latin ____, means theatrical mask worn by Roman actors in Greek dramas
personality 
is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior.
Traits 
contribute to individual differences in behavior, consistency of behavior over time, and stability of behavior across situations.
Traits 
It may be unique, common to some group, or shared by the entire species, but their pattern is different for each individual. Thus each person, though like others in some ways, has a unique personality.
Characteristics  
unique qualities of an individual that include such attributes as temperament, physique, and intelligence.
Theory 
set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use logical deductive reasoning to formulate testable hypotheses.
Theory 
set of assumptions
THEORY 
related assumptions
THEORY 
USES LOGICAL DEDUCTIVE REASONING
THEORY 
TESTABLE
philosophy 
Theory is related to ____, but it is a much narrower term
epistemology 
nature of knowledge
speculation 
is the branch of study concerned with observation and classification of data and with the verification of general laws through the testing of hypotheses.
hypothesis 
an educated guess or prediction specific enough for its validity to be tested through the use of the scientific method.
an ---------- specific enough for its validity to be tested through the use of the scientific method.
educated guess or prediction
deductive reasoning  
(going from the general to the specific)
inductive reasoning 
(going from the specific to the general)
deductive reasoning 
a scientific investigator can derive testable hypotheses from a useful theory and then test these hypotheses.
Inductive reasoning 
the investigator then alters the theory to reflect these results.