PERSONALITY Personality

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MEANING Meaning

The term personality is derived from Latin

word per sonare which means to speak through.

Acc. To Ruch personality should include1. Inner awareness of self 2. External appearance and behaviour 3. Some measurable traits
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Determinants of personality

HEREDITY

ENVIRONMENT

SITUATIONAL VARIABLES

CULTURE

FAMILY

SOCIAL GROUP
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HEREDITY HEREDITY

HEREDITY IS THE TRANSMISSION OF THE QUALITIES FROM ANCESTORS TO DESCENDANTS THROUGH A MECHANISM LYING PRIMARILY IN THE CHROMOSOMES OF THE GERM CELLS.

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ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT HOME ENVIRONMENT IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT. FOR EX: CHILDREN WITH INSTITUTIONAL UPBRINGING OR CHILDREN IN COLD HAVE GREATER POTENTIAL TO BE EMOTIONALY MALADJUSTED THAN CHILDREN RAISED BY PARENTS IN WARM ENVIRONMENT. ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES THREE FACTORSA. FAMILY B. SOCIAL GROUP C. CULTURAL GROUP
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SITUATIONAL VARIABLES

ON THE BASIS OF A RESEARCH STUDY MIGRAM,S RESEARCH SAYS THAT A SITUATION EXERTS AN IMPORTANT PRESS ON THE INDIVIDUAL. IT EXERCISE CONSTRAINTS AND MAY PROVIDE PUSH.

FOR EXP- IF A WORKER WHOSE PERSONALITY HISTORY SUGGESTS THAT HE HAD NEED FOR POWER AND ACHIEVEMENT MAY BECOME FRUSTRATED WHEN PUT IN A BUREACRATIC WORK SITUATION.

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FEATURES OF PERSONALITY

FEATURES HAVE BEEN CATEGORISED INTO TWO PARTS EXTERNAL EXTERNALFEATURES FEATURES INTERNAL FEATURES
PHYSIQUE

THOUGHTS

LOOKS PERCEPTION APPEARANCE

ATTITUDE

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TRAITS OF PERSONALITY

MACHIAVELLIANISM

TYPE A AND B

SELF EVALUATION

SELF- ESTEEM

LOCUS OF CONTROL

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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