Personality development by dr. Babita
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The document defines personality from several perspectives. Personality is defined as a unique set of traits that guide behavior and help individuals adjust to their environment. While relatively stable over the short term, personality can change over longer periods of time. It has both psychological and physical components that are influenced by biological and genetic factors. Personality is characterized as being stable, consistent within an individual, and different between individuals. It represents the dynamic organization of systems that determine a person's unique adjustment to their surroundings.
Personality development by dr. Babita
- 1. Presented By, Babita Mishra B. Ed 1st Year Roll No. 18 Sec A Submitted To, Pratishtha Maam
- 3. The word personality comes from the Latin root persona, meaning "mask." According to this root, personality is the impression we make on others; the mask we present to the world. Personality is defined as "a unique set of traits and characteristics, relatively stable over time. The definition further suggests that personality does not change from day to day. Over the short-term, our personalities are relatively set or stable. However, definition does not suggest that personality is somehow rigid, unchangeable, and cast in concrete. Definition recognizes that, over a longer term, personality may change. Concept
- 4. Definitions J.B. Watson (1930) : Personality is the sum of activities that can be discovered by actual observations over a long enough period of time to give reliable information. M. Prince (1929): Personality is the sum total of all biological innate dispositions, impulses, tendencies, appetites, and instincts of the individual and the dispositions and tendencies acquired by experience.
- 5. After analyzing 49 definitions by eminent persons, Allport (1948) defined Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustmentto his environment.
- 6. Characteristics Personality is an internal process that guides behavior. Gordon Allport (1961) makes the point that personality is psychophysical, which means both physical and psychological. Biological and genetic phenomena do have an impact on personality. Child (1968) makes the point that personality is stable or at least relatively stable. Child (1968) includes consistency (within an individual) and difference (between individuals) in his definition, Allport (1961) refers to characteristic patterns of behavior within an individual.
- 7. Nature of Personality It is relatively stable but dynamic in nature. Helps in adjusting the individual with the environment. It is consistent. It is unique