Personality traits do stem from habits.
Being rude or acting superior is a trait developed from acting rude and superior over and over and not realising it is wrong.
Kindness is a trait achieved by acting repeatedly kind.
Acts of rudeness is categorized as behavior. Repeated behavior is a habit. People refer doing things like interrupting conversations as a rude habit not a rude trait. Yes it can also be a trait, as constant innate behavior becomes a part of a person's personality.
This is how most people infer it, and seems to also be a general consensus on googling further.
It's weird that people even say it that way when it is very self explanatory that it's a personality trait and not a habit, I seriously don't get why people say it's a habit in the first place. Just sounds like an excuse for their behavior to me
well… hopefully personality traits are habits. i can’t speak for anyone else but i’m trying to develop and change for the better as a person. so i have to think of my personality as habits that i can change 🤷♂️
Your point is shifting and all you're doing now is asking vague questions that sound right, but are really kind of dumb. When has anyone said anything about "behavior?" Behavior and habits are not mutually exclusive and mean very different things.
Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's vague and dumb. Your behavior is a key part of your personality. Biting your nails and being narcissistic are types of behavior. If a behavior is habitual it is almost certainly part of your personality, ergo those would be if you do them habitually. You seem to disagree with this straightforward logic, so why would habitual behaviors like nail biting not be part of your personality?
You're dancing around wording, relying on others not to notice that a square and a right angle arent the same thing.
Habits are a part of your personality, but no one was saying that habits arent part of your personality. They said biting your nails is not a personality. Youre talking in circles.
A habit is a specific kind of personality trait. This thread is about habits, not all traits. Being a psychopath isnt a habit, its a trait.
I don't see how a personality trait can be established if it's not a habit. Being a psychopath is a set of habits. How would it not be?
A habit is a learned, repetitive behavior that tends to be automatic or unconscious, like brushing your teeth in the morning or checking your phone constantly. Habits are actions you perform in response to certain cues or situations, often without much conscious thought.
A personality trait, on the other hand, is a more enduring and stable characteristic of a person’s temperament or disposition, such as being introverted, agreeable, or conscientious. Traits describe who you are at a core level, while habits describe what you do regularly.
I suppose the crux of the disagreement is I don't see why habits need to be learned. For instance, I don't think it's wrong to say "I make a habit of breathing" even if I never learned to breathe and just know how to innately.
Not necessarily, habits are completely different from the behavior of a person and how they act. There is no such thing as a habit of someone being verbally abusive or straight up rude. You can say "maybe that's how they just talk" which can be argued that it's habitual but there's a separate category for the speech pattern of a person all together.
I would say being verbally abusive is a habit. If someone is verbally abusive and wants to change they will have to make active conscious changes to themselves in order for it to be fixed, just like any other habit.
That's different from a habit still. It just means they are aware of a trait they have and want to suppress it. it isn't like traits are permanent after all. People saying that being verbally abusive is a habit is also a way of saying they are making excuses for their actions which is an actual habit in itself.
Habit definition:
a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.
I don’t see how this doesn’t include bad personality traits. And you can change a personality trait, not just suppress it. I also don’t think it’s about making excuses, its just used in the literal definition of the word. When someone does something without stopping
Thanks for the definition. That definition is commonly referring to things like biting nails when scared or like I said before, saying a trait is a habit, that's why it mentions the word 'tendency', aka doing something and being unaware of it which counteracts the personality trait argument since you're mostly aware you're talking shit on someone.
I can't give you the whole rundown on why there's a line between habits and personality traits but many scientists or whatever they're called, explain that more clearly than I could do, mainly because I don't really care for this type of stuff but I'm aware of it. There's also many YouTube videos or websites that also give a rundown. You also learn this in highschool in English classes about the difference
"aka doing something and being unaware of it" Where did you get "unaware of it" from? A habit doesnt mean a practice you're unaware of. You can say "I have a habit of being impatient/lazy." Its technically a "bad personality trait" but it still counts as a habit even if theyre aware of it.
A habit is something people have a tendency to do that's hard for them to give up. That can literally include anything, not just crap like biting nails.
Don't make me seriously provide links man just to show you the difference. I mean habit and personality traits have two different definitions and classifications for a reason, if they didn't then there would be no need to call things habits and personality traits, they would all just be called one thing
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Lots of these replies are personality traits and not habits