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Record 1 1998-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

An inherited or acquired characteristic which is consistent, persistent and stable.

DEF

... a tendency to react in a defined way in response to a defined class of stimuli. ... nearly all the adjectives which apply to people are descriptive of traits: happy, conventional, stubborn, and so on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Comportement humain
CONT

L'anxiété est un trait psychologique complexe dont les causes sont multiples et si les trois dernières décennies ont vu l'avènement de nombreuses substances anxiolytiques, les mécanismes qui sous-tendent ce caractère sont encore loin d'être compris. L'une des voies actuelles de recherche vise à savoir si l'anxiété pourrait être prédéterminée dans les gènes.

OBS

Voir la fiche attitude où ce terme est défini.

Spanish

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