Factors Influencing Personality
INTRODUCTION
Personality is a term that has many general meanings. Sometimes the word refers to the ability to get along well socially. For example, we speak of experiences or relationships, which are said to give a person “more personality.” The term may also refer to the most striking impression that an individual makes on other people. We may say, ‘she has a shy personality’.
To a psychologist, personality is an area of study that deals with complex human behaviour, including emotions, actions, and cognitive (thought) processes. Psychologists study the patterns of behaviour that make individuals different from one another.
The word personality is used not only in the field of psychology, but can be applied in most of the other fields of one day-to-day life. A good deal of research has been done on the topic but no final conclusions have been drawn as regards the nature of personality.
The psychologists have defined the term personality in various ways but they were not completely successful in explaining it in clear and definite terms because human personality is a very complex phenomenon. Personality is not a fixed state but a dynamic totality, which is continuously changing due to interaction with the environment.
The conduct, behaviour, activities, movements and everything else concerning the individual are known as personality. It is the way of responding to the environment; the way in which an individual adjusts with the external environment is personality.
DEFINITIONS AND NATURE OF PERSONALITY
The term personality has been derived from the Latin word “Persona” which was associated with Greek theater in ancient times. The Greek actors commonly used to wear masks on their faces during their performances on the stage. The mask worn by the actors was called persona. Personality was thought to be the effect and influence which the individual wearing a mask left on the audience.
In modern time also, for a layman, personality means
Personality is a term that has many general meanings. Sometimes the word refers to the ability to get along well socially. For example, we speak of experiences or relationships, which are said to give a person “more personality.” The term may also refer to the most striking impression that an individual makes on other people. We may say, ‘she has a shy personality’.
To a psychologist, personality is an area of study that deals with complex human behaviour, including emotions, actions, and cognitive (thought) processes. Psychologists study the patterns of behaviour that make individuals different from one another.
The word personality is used not only in the field of psychology, but can be applied in most of the other fields of one day-to-day life. A good deal of research has been done on the topic but no final conclusions have been drawn as regards the nature of personality.
The psychologists have defined the term personality in various ways but they were not completely successful in explaining it in clear and definite terms because human personality is a very complex phenomenon. Personality is not a fixed state but a dynamic totality, which is continuously changing due to interaction with the environment.
The conduct, behaviour, activities, movements and everything else concerning the individual are known as personality. It is the way of responding to the environment; the way in which an individual adjusts with the external environment is personality.
DEFINITIONS AND NATURE OF PERSONALITY
The term personality has been derived from the Latin word “Persona” which was associated with Greek theater in ancient times. The Greek actors commonly used to wear masks on their faces during their performances on the stage. The mask worn by the actors was called persona. Personality was thought to be the effect and influence which the individual wearing a mask left on the audience.
In modern time also, for a layman, personality means
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