Personality
Stable differences in how people think, feel and act, and the models and tests used to describe them.
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Trait models
Personality as a set of dimensions that run from low to high.
- Big Five personality traits 大五人格
- A leading trait model that describes personality differences along five continuous dimensions.
Personality typologies
Popular frameworks that sort people into types. Worth knowing what evidence they rest on.
- Enneagram 九型人格
- A popular typology that describes personality as nine types linked by lines on a circle.
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) MBTI 人格类型量表
- A questionnaire that sorts people into 16 types based on four pairs of preferences.
- Personality Dimensions® 四色气质测评
- A Canadian four-color temperament self-assessment that draws on the temperament work of Keirsey and others.
Temperament and sensitivity
Early-appearing, fairly stable tendencies in how strongly people react.
- Highly sensitive person (HSP) 高敏感者
- A temperament trait marked by deeper processing of, and stronger reactions to, the environment.
Personality tests
Tools psychologists use to assess personality, and the debates around them.
- Rorschach inkblot test 罗夏墨迹测验
- A projective test that asks what people see in inkblots to assess personality and thinking.