Personality

• Personality trait


  A characteristic pattern in how someone thinks, feels and acts
• Personality test


  Tests that can determine a person's core traits, and sometimes predict their behaviours
• Sociopathy


  A name for the personality disorder APD, where a person has a severe disregard for social norms
• Psychopathy


  A type of personality disorder, where a person has a severe lack of empathy and remorse
• Personality


  The combination of thinking, feeling and behaving that is unique to an individual. It is stable and enduring throughout your lifetime
• Myers-Briggs Personality Type test

  A self-indicator test, which categorises people based on how they would rate their strengths, preferences, and traits
• Big 5 personality


  Measures the levels of traits that people have, and the results are thought to be the most stable throughout one's lifetime. The traits it measures are conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experiences, extraversion
• Personality disorder


  Disorders characterised by a pattern of thinking and feeling about oneself and others that has a negative impact on a person's life and functions
• Anti-social personality disorder


  Sometimes referred to as sociopathy, APD involves a disregard for social norms and the rights of others, which can include being very deceptive, and impulsive
• Avoidant personality disorder


  Unwilling to be involved with others, due to a fear of rejection. They show extreme shyness, and sensitivity to judgement of criticism
• Borderline personality disorder


  They have very unstable relationships, a poor self-image, and they feel emotions very intensely, including a feeling of emptiness. Often have suicidal thoughts
• Dependent personality disorder


  They have difficulty making daily decisions and rely on others to care for them. Fear not being able to care for themselves, and are very submissive to others
• Histrionic personality disorder


  Includes attention seeking behaviours, and often have exaggerated emotions
• Narcissistic personality disorder


  A need for admiration, with a sense of entitlement, they take advantage of others, with a lack of empathy
• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder


  Very preoccupied with control and perfection, inflexible with schedules, to the point that it would impact their lives and relations with family and friends
• Paranoid personality disorder


  Has a suspicious, negative view of others, avoids close relationships with others, and assumes that others are out to get them
• Schizoid personality disorder


  Expresses very little emotion, not responding to criticism or praise, chooses to be on their own, detaching themselves socially
• Schizotypal personality disorder


  Has eccentric behaviour, with odd thinking or beliefs, uncomfortable having close relationships with others