personalized

(adjective)

adapted to the needs of an individual

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Examples of personalized in the following topics:

  • Personal

  • Personal

  • Personal Income

    • Personal income is an individual's total earnings from wages, investment interest, and other sources.
    • In the United States the most widely cited personal income statistics are the Bureau of Economic Analysis's (BEA) personal income and the Census Bureau's per capita money income.
    • BEA's personal income measures the income received by persons from participation in production, from government and business transfers, and from holding interest-bearing securities and corporate stocks.
    • Personal income and disposable personal income are provided both as aggregate and as per capita statistics.
    • BEA produces monthly estimates of personal income for the nation, quarterly estimates of state personal income, and annual estimates of local-area personal income .
  • Personal Space

    • Personal space is the region surrounding people that they regard as psychologically their own.
    • An example of the cultural determination of personal space is how urbanites accept the psychological discomfort of someone intruding upon their personal space more readily than someone unused to urban life.
    • Living in the city alters the development of one's sense of personal space.
    • Permitting a person to enter personal space and entering somebody else's personal space are indicators of how the two people view their relationship.
    • Entering someone's personal space is normally seen as an indication of familiarity.
  • 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.
    • It focuses on why or how personality traits manifest through biology and investigates the links between personality, DNA, and processes in the brain.
    • 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.
    • Many personality studies today investigate the activation and expression of genes and how they relate to personality.
  • Defining Personality

    • Personality psychology is the study of human personality and how it varies among individuals and populations.
    • A great deal of modern personality psychology is influenced by, and attempts to answer, the following five philosophical questions about what really determines personality:
    • In this view, such personality traits are different from person to person but within an individual are stable over time and place.
    • Western ideas about personality are not necessarily applicable to other cultures, and there is evidence that the strength of personality traits varies across cultures.
    • Sigmund Freud advanced a psychodynamic view of human personality that implicated the id, ego, and superego as the main determinants of individual differences in personality.
  • Introduction to Personality Disorders

    • The 10 personality disorders mentioned in the DSM-5 involve pervasive and enduring personality styles that differ from cultural expectations and cause distress and/or conflict with others.
    • According to the DSM-5, "personality disorder" refers to when an individual displays a personality style (i.e., patterns of cognition, behavior, and emotion) that:
    • The patterns found in personality disorders develop early and are inflexible.
    • They comply with social obligations only when they see personal benefit.
    • In addition, individuals with personality disorders may not even be able to recognize that their personality is causing distress or issues with other people.
  • Cluster A: Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal Personality Disorders

    • Cluster A personality disorders have a likely genetic component and are characterized by personality styles that are odd or eccentric.
    • Cluster A disorders include paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.
    • These 7 criteria include that the person:
    • Socialization groups may also help some people with schizoid personality disorder.
    • According to personality psychologist Theodore Millon, schizotypal personality disorder is one of the easiest to identify but one of the most difficult to treat with psychotherapy.
  • Self-Knowledge and Evaluating the Personality Perspective

    • Many researchers currently define personality as one's personal identity, both self-perceived and as perceived by others.
    • The person-situation debate in personality research seeks to understand which of these two factors is more dominant in predicting a person's behavior over time.
    • Questions like "What is my personal identity?
    • " are important in personality research.
    • It reflects their belief of who they are as a person.
  • Personality Psychology

    • Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation among individuals.
    • Our personality is what makes us unique individuals.
    • Our personalities are thought to be long-term, stable, and not easily changed.
    • These theorists have identified many important dimensions of personality.
    • Western ideas about personality are not necessarily applicable to other cultures, and there is evidence that the strength of personality traits varies across cultures.
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