- The integration of those systems and habits that represents an indtviduals characteristic adjustment to his environment
- Expressed thru behavior
- Distinctiveness - each individual is unique
- Stability and consistency - personality is predictable
- Psychological - type of climate at home
- Cultural - customs and traditions
- Biological - personality is not inherited
- Familial - parenting style
- Conscious - part of the mind that is focused on awareness
- Subconscious - part of the mind that contains information that can be recalled at will
- Unconsciousness - largest part of the mind; contains materials and informatton that can never be recalled
- ID - has no sense of right or wrong; functions based on the pleasure principle
- EGO - integrator of the personality; functions based on reality
- SUPEREGO - the conscience; functions based on morality
