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In this video, we want to consider the role of personality in the context of relationships and couples and why personality characteristics would be considered in the assessment of a couple, in addition to interpersonal factors, meaning what is actually the nature of the relationship, what's happening between the people in the relationship.
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Why would we also want to consider the personality of the two people you know, independently of the relationship.
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And a huge reason would be compatibility, right? so if you are in a relationship with someone, they don't necessarily have to be the same type of personality as you.
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In fact, that often doesn't work.
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Opposites attract sometimes is true, but sometimes it's a cliche, but whether or not your personalities are similar, you want to make sure that they're compatible, right? so if two people have completely opposite sleep schedules, one's the morning person, one's a night person, that's very difficult to be compatible.
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But then if you have personality traits like adaptable, willing to compromise, flexible, and so on, these are things that suggest that you can overcome that compatibility barrier...