... personality can be divided into two parts, the first, personality from the inside, which is called identity. Much of it involves things that are only accessible to the person him- or herself -- your inner thoughts and feelings. Some of it is thought not to be available even to yourself-- your instincts and unconscious motivations. This is the person you think you are. In other words, personality is still very much in a "pre-scientific" or philosophical stage, and some aspects may well always remain that way. The second is personality from the outside, otherwise known as your reputation. This is the person others think you are, and can be best defined in terms of self confidence, integrity, charm, sociability and creativity, or their opposites. From a more scientific point of view personality can be divided into seven categories which are psychodynamic, phenomenological trait/factor biological behavioral, cognitive, and social . Research in ...

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