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Abstract

This is a blog. A blog about the theories of personality and the theorists who developed them. Each post will touch on a different theory of personality, what will vary is how I choose to present them. I will not write about all the theories and definitely not all the theorists. I, as the author of this blog, will write about my opinions and provide you with hard concrete research. I may at times chose to analyze myself, someone in my life, or even someone we all know. Who knows for sure, not even I am sure where these posts will take us, but I do promise to do my best on being informative, educational, and relevant.

 I chose to write a blog because I bore quickly of the normality of things. I didn't want this assignment to just become one of the several APA papers that I've written and forgotten about.

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