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PERSONALITY
Personality is defined as the sum of the qualities and characteristics of a
person as shown in his manner of walking, talking, dressing and attitudes,
interest and ways of reacting to other people. It refers to all the factors within
the person that influence his characteristic ways of behaving, thinking and
feeling. It is your image as perceived by others.

COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY
1. Physical Component – this includes the mode of dressing, manner of
walking, posture, body build, health, complexion and facial expression.

2. Intellectual Component – deals with how a person talks and what she
talks about what matters in the intellectual component of personality.
He must develop his intellect or brain.

3. Social Component – good and correct manners are included in this

aspect of personality; to do the right thing at the right time, to act in the
proper manner, to get along well with others. These are all parts of the
social sphere of personality.

4. Emotional Component – this component includes a person’s likes or

dislike whether outgoing or shy, calm or nervous, loses temper easily o
keeps cool. Personality problems such as how to stay mentally healthy
or how to avoid mental disorders are some problems that are emotional
in nature.

5. Value System – this includes a person’s attitudes, values, beliefs and

philosophy in life. This aspect referred to as character, it is shown in the
way we judge whether our actions and the action of others are right or
wrong.

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FACTORS AFFECTING PERSONALITY

1. Heredity – everybody is born with a set of genes and chromosomes
which are inherited from ancestors and parents. These set the limits to
the potential achieved to the fullest by the proper use of environment,
our experiences over the years, especially our interaction with other
people.

2. Environment – consists of the family, school, church, social groups and

other groups with whom one interacts with from the beginning. Each
group puts pressure and behave in certain ways as a result of being with
these groups.

The behavior changes with each situation and with the people
one mingles with. Each person behave differently with his own friend,
parents, teachers and other elders.

3. Experiences – consists of everything that a person does or get in touch

with, everything that one is exposed whether physical, emotional or
social experiences.

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Name: ____________________________ Score: ______________

Self Check 1
Personality Development

1. Describe yourself five years ago by drawing a picture of you.

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2. How do you picture yourself five years from now? Describe yourself in a
drawing. How do your drawings differ from each other?

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