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  2. Personal construct theory - Wikipedia

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    Within personality psychology, personal construct theory (PCT) or personal construct psychology (PCP) is a theory of personality and cognition developed by the American psychologist George Kelly in the 1950s. [1]

  3. Social constructionism - Wikipedia

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    Social constructionism is a term used in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory.The term can serve somewhat different functions in each field; however, the foundation of this theoretical framework suggests various facets of social reality—such as concepts, beliefs, norms, and values—are formed through continuous interactions and negotiations among society's members, rather ...

  4. Personal identity - Wikipedia

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    Personal identity is the unique numerical identity of a person over time. [1] [2] Discussions regarding personal identity typically aim to determine the necessary and sufficient conditions under which a person at one time and a person at another time can be said to be the same person, persisting through time.

  5. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, the purpose of an encyclopedia is to collect knowledge disseminated around the globe; to set forth its general system to the men with whom we live, and transmit it to those who will come after us, so that the work of preceding centuries will not become useless to the centuries to come; and so that our offspring, becoming better instructed, will at the same time become more virtuous and ...

  6. Big Five personality traits - Wikipedia

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    The Big Five model was built on understanding the relationship between personality and academic behaviour. [7] It was defined by several independent sets of researchers who analysed words describing people's behaviour. [8]

  7. Social construction of technology - Wikipedia

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    At the point of its conception, the SCOT approach was partly motivated by the ideas of the strong programme in the sociology of science (Bloor 1973). In their seminal article, Pinch and Bijker refer to the Principle of Symmetry as the most influential tenet of the Sociology of Science, which should be applied in historical and sociological investigations of technology as well.

  8. Personal development - Wikipedia

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    Personal development as an industry [10] has several business-relationship formats of operating. The main ways are business-to-consumer and business-to-business. [11] However, there have been two new ways emerge: consumer-to-business and consumer-to-consumer. [12]

  9. Freud's psychoanalytic theories - Wikipedia

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    According to Freud's many theories of religion, the Oedipus complex is utilized in the understanding and mastery of religious beliefs. In Freud's psychosexual stages, he mentioned the Oedipus complex and the Electra complex and how they affect children and their relationships with their same-sex parental figure.