A theory of personality is a way of accounting for what people are like and how they act They propose there are 3 central components to personality:

1.Basic Tendencies which are the five personality factors

2.Characteristic adaptations

3.Self-concept a form of characteristic adaptation The basic tendencies interact with 3 peripheral components outside of personality: the biological inputs to the basic tendencies, the external environment, and the objective biography all that a person does and experiences Connecting all of the above components is a dynamic processes, such as perception, coping, role playing, reasoning, etc.

Three criteria characterize personality traits:1.Consistency: individual must be somewhat consistent across situations in their behaviours related to a trait2.Stability: individual with a trait are stable over time in behaviours related to the trait3.Individual differences: people differ from one another on behaviours related to the trait.Traits are important because they describe stable patterns of behaviour that persist for a long period of time

Big Five: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, Agreableness, neuroticism

Robert Mc Crae & Paul Costa the three central components they did?

Three peripheral components interact with the three central components?

Those all of these components create dynamic processes?

Explain these components Explain what these components are that they are referring to?

Robert Mc Crae & Paul Costa theory might change different personality?