How has theology impacted personality theory?

[removed] Religion makes assumptions about good and evil, as well as about which traits we should strive for, and these have been incorporated into personality theories.
[removed] Many of today’s DSM personality disorders borrow heavily from Buddhist texts describing people who failed to find a path to enlightenment.
[removed] Religion can greatly alter an individual’s personality.
[removed] Religious concepts, such as the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, are rejected by serious clinicians.

[removed] Both part of psychodynamic theory.
[removed] Traits are stable, enduring qualities, but the “big five” factors of personality can vary widely throughout the lifespan.
[removed] Traits are the more specific constructs that make up the “big five” factors of personality.
[removed] Wilhelm Wundt argued that traits and the “big five” factors of personality are the building blocks of personality.

[removed] meta-analysis
[removed] factor analysis
[removed] multivariate analysis
[removed] random analysis

[removed] William James
[removed] Gordon Allport
[removed] Henry Murray
[removed] Charles Darwin

[removed] trait
[removed] evolutionary
[removed] interpersonal/relational
[removed] neurobiological

[removed] objective test
[removed] structured interview
[removed] projective test
[removed] subjective test

[removed] neurosis.
[removed] defense mechanism.
[removed] obsession.
[removed] transference.

[removed] the Thematic Apperception test.
[removed] the Rorschach Inkblot test.
[removed] the Word Association task.
[removed] the Dream Association test.

[removed] secondary; pleasure
[removed] primary; pleasure
[removed] tertiary; satisfaction
[removed] self-fulfilling; satisfaction

[removed] women were not envious of the anatomical structure but rather the social advantage that came with it.
[removed] women were not just envious of a man’s penis but also of the generally stronger physical bodies of men.
[removed] men were also envious of women’s breasts and their ability to nurse their children.
[removed] men were also envious of women’s ability to create and deliver life.

[removed] Human behavior is driven by sexual and aggressive instincts.
[removed] All human beings have intrinsic worth and pure motivation.
[removed] People experience conflict, both between the individual and society and within the individual.
[removed] All significant aspects of psychological functioning are unknown to the individual.

[removed] mediating between the primal urges and societal constraints placed on the person.
[removed] satisfying primal urges.
[removed] unrealistically high expectations placed on the person’s id and superego.
[removed] setting oneself up as better than other individuals.

[removed] anxiety
[removed] mood
[removed] psychotic
[removed] dissociative

[removed] a lack of judgment.
[removed] violent urges.
[removed] narcissistic tendencies.
[removed] a deep emptiness.

[removed] issues associated declining health.
[removed] issues associated with the loss of a spouse.
[removed] negative outcomes in the integrity versus despair stage.
[removed] negative outcomes in the generativity versus stagnation stage.

[removed] It disrupts the Mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway.
[removed] It results in acute stress, leading to release of cortisol.
[removed] It results in abnormal cell structure in the amygdale.
[removed] It results in synapse damage that restricts brain development.

[removed] deficiencies in the structure of the self.
[removed] an abusive childhood.
[removed] intrapsychic conflicts.
[removed] early sexual experiences.

[removed] identity crisis
[removed] self-concept
[removed] social stigma
[removed] angst

[removed] individuation; symbiosis
[removed] symbiosis; individuation
[removed] autonomy; isolation
[removed] separation; symbiosis

[removed] an attachment problem.
[removed] gender confusion.
[removed] extreme narcissism.
[removed] a brain malfunction.