person

(noun)

A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.

Related Terms

Examples of person in the following topics:

  • Personal

  • Personal

  • Personal Income

    • Personal income is an individual's total earnings from wages, investment interest, and other sources.
    • In the United States the most widely cited personal income statistics are the Bureau of Economic Analysis's (BEA) personal income and the Census Bureau's per capita money income.
    • BEA's personal income measures the income received by persons from participation in production, from government and business transfers, and from holding interest-bearing securities and corporate stocks.
    • Personal income and disposable personal income are provided both as aggregate and as per capita statistics.
    • BEA produces monthly estimates of personal income for the nation, quarterly estimates of state personal income, and annual estimates of local-area personal income .

  • Personal Space

    • Personal space is the region surrounding people that they regard as psychologically their own.
    • An example of the cultural determination of personal space is how urbanites accept the psychological discomfort of someone intruding upon their personal space more readily than someone unused to urban life.
    • Living in the city alters the development of one's sense of personal space.
    • Permitting a person to enter personal space and entering somebody else's personal space are indicators of how the two people view their relationship.
    • Entering someone's personal space is normally seen as an indication of familiarity.

  • Genetics, the Brain, and Personality

    • The biological perspective on personality emphasizes the influence of the brain and genetic factors on personality.
    • The biological perspective on personality emphasizes the internal physiological and genetic factors that influence personality.
    • It focuses on why or how personality traits manifest through biology and investigates the links between personality, DNA, and processes in the brain.
    • While identical twins may have some similar personality traits, however, they still have distinct personalities, suggesting that genetics are not the only factor in determining personality.
    • Many personality studies today investigate the activation and expression of genes and how they relate to personality.

  • Defining Personality

    • Personality psychology is the study of human personality and how it varies among individuals and populations.
    • A great deal of modern personality psychology is influenced by, and attempts to answer, the following five philosophical questions about what really determines personality:
    • In this view, such personality traits are different from person to person but within an individual are stable over time and place.
    • Western ideas about personality are not necessarily applicable to other cultures, and there is evidence that the strength of personality traits varies across cultures.
    • Sigmund Freud advanced a psychodynamic view of human personality that implicated the id, ego, and superego as the main determinants of individual differences in personality.

  • Introduction to Personality Disorders

    • The 10 personality disorders mentioned in the DSM-5 involve pervasive and enduring personality styles that differ from cultural expectations and cause distress and/or conflict with others.
    • According to the DSM-5, "personality disorder" refers to when an individual displays a personality style (i.e., patterns of cognition, behavior, and emotion) that:
    • The patterns found in personality disorders develop early and are inflexible.
    • They comply with social obligations only when they see personal benefit.
    • In addition, individuals with personality disorders may not even be able to recognize that their personality is causing distress or issues with other people.

  • Cluster A: Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal Personality Disorders

    • Cluster A personality disorders have a likely genetic component and are characterized by personality styles that are odd or eccentric.
    • Cluster A disorders include paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.
    • These 7 criteria include that the person:
    • Socialization groups may also help some people with schizoid personality disorder.
    • According to personality psychologist Theodore Millon, schizotypal personality disorder is one of the easiest to identify but one of the most difficult to treat with psychotherapy.

  • Self-Knowledge and Evaluating the Personality Perspective

    • Many researchers currently define personality as one's personal identity, both self-perceived and as perceived by others.
    • The person-situation debate in personality research seeks to understand which of these two factors is more dominant in predicting a person's behavior over time.
    • Questions like "What is my personal identity?
    • " are important in personality research.
    • It reflects their belief of who they are as a person.

  • Personality Psychology

    • Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation among individuals.
    • Our personality is what makes us unique individuals.
    • Our personalities are thought to be long-term, stable, and not easily changed.
    • These theorists have identified many important dimensions of personality.
    • Western ideas about personality are not necessarily applicable to other cultures, and there is evidence that the strength of personality traits varies across cultures.