first person

Examples of first person in the following topics:

• Subject-Verb Agreement

  • There are three levels of "person" in English: first person, second person, and third person.
  • To put it simply: In first person, the subject is I or we.
  • Second person is you or you all.
  • Third person is she, he, it, or they.
  • Writers need to consider whether the subject of the sentence is singular or plural, and whether the subject is first person, second person, or third person.

• The Brain and Personality

  • One of the first documented cases that demonstrated the link between personality and the brain was that of Phineas Gage.
  • In 1951 Hans Eysenck's first empirical study into the genetics of personality was published.
  • The first of these levels is cardinal traits.
  • The first type of data was life data, which involves collecting information from the individual's natural everyday life behaviors.
  • The case of Phineas Gage was one of the first to indicators of a biological basis for personality.

• 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.
  • 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.
  • One of the first documented cases that demonstrated the link between personality and the brain was that of Phineas Gage.
  • The case of Phineas Gage was one of the first indicators of a biological basis for personality.

• First Condition

  • The first condition of equilibrium is that the net force in all directions must be zero.
  • Here we will discuss the first condition, that of zero net force.
  • Below, the motionless person is in static equilibrium.

• Allport's, Cattell's, and Eysenck's Trait Theories of Personality

  • Gordon Allport was one of the first modern trait theorists.
  • The first type of data was life data, which involves collecting information from an individual's natural everyday life behaviors.
  • Hans Eysenck was a personality theorist who focused on temperament—innate, genetically based personality differences.
  • The major strength of Eysenck's model is that he was one of the first to make his approach more quantifiable; it was therefore perceived to be more "legitimate", as a common criticism of psychological theories is that they are not empirically verifiable.
  • This image is an example of a personality trait.

• Cluster C: Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders

  • Cluster C personality disorders are characterized by personality styles that are nervous and fearful.
  • The DSM-5 recognizes 10 personality disorders, organized into 3 different clusters.
  • Cluster C disorders include avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (which is not the same thing as obsessive-compulsive disorder).
  • Avoidant personality disorder is usually first noticed in early adulthood.
  • Views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others;

• Overview of Personality Assessment

  • The Revised Neo Pi (personality inventory) is designed to measure personality traits using the five factor model.
  • The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used personality inventory for both clinical and nonclinical populations, and is commonly used to help with the diagnosis of personality disorders.
  • It was first published in 1943, with 504 true/false questions; an updated version including 567 questions was released in 1989, and is known as the MMPI-2.
  • The 16 PF (personality factor) inventory measures personality according Cattell's 16 factor theory of personality.
  • Like the Rorschach test, the results are thought to indicate a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning.

• Influences of Culture and Gender on Personality

  • Both culture and gender are important factors that influence the development of personality.
  • A person's culture is one of the most important environmental factors shaping their personality (Triandis & Suh, 2002).
  • Personality psychologists are interested in understanding the role that culture plays in the development of personality.
  • These values influence personality in different but substantial ways; for example, Yang (2006) found that people in individualist cultures displayed more personally-oriented personality traits, whereas people in collectivist cultures displayed more socially-oriented personality traits.
  • There are three approaches that can be used to study personality in a cultural context: the cultural-comparative approach, the indigenous approach, and the combined approach, which incorporates elements of the first two approaches.

• Reading Points on a Graph

  • For example, if the vertices represent people at a party, and there is an edge between two people if they shake hands, then this is an indirected graph, because if person A shook hands with person B, then person B also shook hands with person A.
  • In contrast, if the vertices represent people at a party, and there is an edge from person A to person B when person A knows of person B, then this graph is directed, because knowledge of someone is not necessarily a symmetric relation (that is, one person knowing another person does not necessarily imply the reverse; for example, many fans may know of a celebrity, but the celebrity is unlikely to know of all their fans).
  • The word "graph" was first used in this sense by J.J.

• Cluster B: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders

  • Cluster B personality disorders are characterized by personality styles that are impulsive, dramatic, highly emotional, and erratic.
  • Cluster B disorders include antisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
  • Genetic influences draw on the temperament and the kind of personality a person is born with, and environmental influences include the way in which a person grows up and the experiences they have had.
  • Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige, and vanity, and is mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and others.
  • First formulated in 1968, NPD was historically called megalomania and is a form of severe egocentrism.