W H AT I S P E R S O N A L I T Y ?

MBTI

D E T E R M I N A N T S O F P E R S O N A L I T Y.

P R E S E N T E D B Y:
KINJALK SHARMA.
R O H I T PA N T.
SIDDHESH VERMA.
S Y E D WA R I S A L I .
Personality is a characteristic
way of thinking, feeling and
behaving.
Personality may be defined
as the sum of total ways in
which an individual reacts
and interacts with others.
According to Gordon Allport,
personality is defined as:

“The dynamic organization

within an individual of those
psychological systems that
determine his unique
adjustments to his
environment.”
 DETERMINANTS OF PERSONALITY.
• Personality is not determined by a single factor, but by an accumulation of
many factors. Some of those factors are psychological, while others are
physical, biological, and hereditary.

1. BRAIN

2. PHYSICAL
5. HERIDITY Determinants CHARACTERSTICS
of personality.

3. SOCIAL
4. CULTURE &
EXPERIENCES
RELEGION
 1. BRAIN

The brain is one of the most

important personality
determinants. It is generally
believed the father and the child
adopt almost the same type of
brain stimulation. Later
differences are the result of the
environment in which the child
has grown.
 2. PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
One of the most important factors in
determining personality are an individual's
physical characteristics. These factors play a
vital role in determining one’s behavior in a
social organization. Physical characteristics
include, but are not limited to:

Height

Skin tone

Weight

Hair color

Beauty

These factors influence interactions with other

people, contributing to personality
development.
 3. SOCIAL
EXPERIENCES

Social experiences play a vital role in

determining one’s personality. The things
that occur around a person on a regular basis
determine how that person will behave and
perceive themselves. A person's social
experiences affect:

Coordination

Cooperation

Family relationships

Organizational relationships

Workplaces relationships

Involvement in communities
 4 . C U LT U R E
AND RELIGION

The culture in which one lives almost

always involves:

Traditional practices

Norms

Customs

Procedures

Rules and regulations

Precedents

Values.

These are all highly influential

determinants of personality.
 5. HEREDITY
Heredity is perhaps the most important factor in
determining personality, since mostly all other
determinants, such as physical characteristics,
gender, psychology, and more, are passed down
through genes.

The example given below is quite interesting, and

comes from the book Essentials of
Organizational Behavior by Stephen P. Robbins,
Timothy A. Judge, and Seema Sanghi:

“Researchers in my many different countries

have studies thousands of sets of identical twins
who were separated at birth and raised
separately. For instance, one set of twins who
had been separated for 39 years and raised 45
miles apart, were found to drive the same model
and color car. They also chain-smoked the same
brand of cigarette, owned dogs with the same
name, and regularly enjoyed vacations within
three blocks of each other in a beach community
1,500 miles away.”
MYERS–BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI)

•  The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is

an introspective self-report questionnaire with
the purpose of indicating differing 
psychological preferences in how people
perceive the world around them and make
decisions.
When you decide on your
preference in each
category, you have 
your own personality type,
which can be expressed as
a code with four letters.
 The identification and description of the 16 distinctive personality types that result from the
interactions among the preferences.
 Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is
called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).

 Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to
interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

 Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first
look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).

 Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer
to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).
These are the 16 different types
of personalities based on the
MBTI preferences selected by
an individual.
QUESTIONS?