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  2. Wikipedia : WikiProject Psychology/List of Personality Theories

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    Enneagram of Personality (Primarily motivation/fixation based) - (circumplex); Jung's Psychological types; Ptypes personality types (yes, Dave Kelly is an independent researcher, but he has been referenced in at least one book IIRC, and has been referenced all over the place online - he exists and makes an impact with his work, from my limited perspective, whether it's enough to be put in ...

  3. Man, Play and Games - Wikipedia

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    Man, Play and Games (ISBN 0029052009) is the influential 1961 book by the French sociologist Roger Caillois (French: Les jeux et les hommes, 1958) on the sociology of play and games or, in Caillois' terms, sociology derived from play. Caillois interprets many social structures as elaborate forms of games and much behaviour as a form of play.

  4. Personality psychology - Wikipedia

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    Personality is complex; a typical theory of personality contains several propositions or sub-theories, often growing over time as more psychologists explore the theory. [ 10 ] The most widely accepted empirical model of durable, universal personality descriptors is the system of Big Five personality traits : conscientiousness , agreeableness ...

  5. Role-playing game theory - Wikipedia

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    Role-playing game theory is the study of role-playing games (RPGs) as a social or artistic phenomenon, also known as ludology.RPG theories seek to understand what role-playing games are, how they function, and how the gaming process can be refined in order to improve the play experience and produce better game products.

  6. Psychological typologies - Wikipedia

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    The theory of leading tendencies laid in the basis of methodology of psychodiagnostical research, allows to understand the complex construct of personality in all its completeness. According to this theory, the integral image of the personality includes emotional sphere, individual style of cognition, the type of interpersonal behavior ...

  7. Personality development - Wikipedia

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    The Trait Theory of personality is one of the main theories in the study of personality. According to this theory, traits make up personality. Traits can be described as patterns of behavior, thought, or emotion. Some commonly accepted trait theories are the Big Five personality traits and the HEXACO model of personality structure. Generally ...

  8. Gray's biopsychological theory of personality - Wikipedia

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    The biopsychological theory of personality is similar to another one of Gray's theories, reinforcement sensitivity theory. The original version of Gray’s reinforcement sensitivity theory of personality was developed in 1976 and Gray revised it independently in 1982. Then in 2000 further and more thorough revisions were made alongside McNaughton.

  9. Learning through play - Wikipedia

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    Learning through play is a term used in education and psychology to describe how a child can learn to make sense of the world around them. Through play children can develop social and cognitive skills, mature emotionally, and gain the self-confidence required to engage in new experiences and environments.