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You Are a Personality Theorist That Needs to Borrow at Least

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You are a personality theorist that needs to borrow at least four factors from this text for your personality theory.Which ones would you use? Explain how you would incorporate them into your own theory.Give an example of how your theory would apply in real-life.


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Festinger

Leon Festinger was a psychologist known for the theory of cognitive dissonance, which describes the discomfort felt when holding conflicting thoughts or beliefs.

Self-regulation

The process by which individuals control their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to pursue long-term goals.

Self-discrepancy

A psychological theory detailing the discrepancy between an individual's actual self, ideal self, and ought self.

Ought Self

An individual's representation of the attributes someone (like themselves, peers, or society) believes they should possess, often leading to motivation to meet these perceived expectations.

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