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personality development

the gradual development of personality in terms of characteristic emotional responses or temperament, a recognizable style of life, personal roles and role behaviors, a set of values and goals, typical patterns of adjustment, characteristic interpersonal relations and sexual relationships, characteristic traits, and a relatively fixed self-image.

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inferior function

inferior function

in the analytic psychology of Carl Jung, one of the three nondominant, unconscious functions of the personality that are dominated by the superior function in a particular functional type.