====== Personality Trait ====== A personality [[trait]] is defined as something about a person that impacts how they tend to think, feel and behave on an ongoing basis. Personality traits are characteristic of enduring behavioral and emotional patterns, rather than isolated occurrences. ---- [[Trait]]-based personality theories, such as those defined by Raymond Cattell define personality as the traits that predict a person's behavior. On the other hand, more behaviorally based approaches define personality through learning and habits. Nevertheless, most theories view personality as relatively stable. ---- The belief that certain personality traits could result in potentially dangerous [[outcome]]s was first recognized in aviation, as ‘‘Arrogance got more pilots in [[trouble]] than faulty [[equipment]]” ((Yeager C, Janos L. Yeager. New York, NY, USA: Bantam; 1985)). Furthermore, it was even suggested that over half of the aviation disasters were related to poor pilot decision-making ((Administration UDoT-FA. Advisory Circular: Aeronautical Decision Making. Advisory Circular 60-22 Washington, DC, USA. 1991.)). This has resulted in pilots being trained to use mitigation techniques for specific attitudes, such as [[machismo]], [[impulsiveness]], [[anxiety]], [[antiauthority]], [[resignation]], and [[invulnerability]], to avoid [[disaster]]s. ---- Similar to pilots, surgeons are highly trained and face challenging, real-time [[decision]]s every day, predisposing them to exhibit certain [[personality]] traits more frequently than someone in the general population ((] Fiorillo CD, Tobler PN, Schultz W. Discrete coding of reward probability and uncertainty by dopamine neurons. Science 2003;299:1898–902.)) ((Urban R. Comparative analysis of social, demographic, and flight-related attributes between accident and nonaccident general aviation pilots. Aviat Space Environ Med 1984;55:308–12.)). ===== Greed personality trait ===== [[Greed personality trait]]