2. OVERVIEW
lMeaning of Personality
lDefinition of Personality
lCharacteristics of Personality
lBehavioural Pattern of Personality
lMarkers of balanced development of Personality
lClassification of Personality
lDeterminants of Personality
3. Meaning of Personality
Totality of everything about an
individual
Physical
Mental
Emotional
Social and Spiritual make up
Ethical
5. Definition 2
“Personality is the dynamic organisation within the individual of all
those psycho-physical systems that determine his unique adjustment to
the environment.”
G.W. Allport
6. Characteristics of personality
Personality is what one is.
Personality of each individual is unique.
Personality is dynamic and not static.
Personality functions as a unified whole.
Personality is the product of Heredity and environment.
Personality is through and through social.
Personality is continually adjustment itself to environment.
In rare cases personality influences the environment,school
environment.
7. Behavioural Patterns of
Personality
•The attitude of an individual with which he does some work.
•The skill of an individual with which he does a job.
•The way he acts.
•The way he behaves.
•The way he dresses.
•The way he eats and drinks.
•The way he sits and stands.
•The way he speaks.
•The way he walks and so on.
8. Markers of Balanced
Development of Personality
1.Good physical appearance
2.Emotional stability
3.High intellectual ability
4.High degree of social adjustment
5.High moral character
6.Cool temperament
7.Good directedness
8.Tremendous common sense,drive and pragmatic thinking.
9. Classification of Personality
TYPE AUTHOR
Active and inactive Heymans
1.Active and reflective Jordan
2.Extrovert and introvert C.G. Jung
3.Masculine and feminine Apfelback
4.Romantic and classical Ostwald
5.Stable and unstable Trotler
6.Subjective and objective Binet
7.Tender minded and Tough minded William James
11. 2.FAMILY FACTOR
•Discipline
•Number of children
•Value placed on the sex of child
•Step-parents
•Nuclear or joint family
•Accommodation in the house
•Parents ambitions and interest
•Economic,political,religious and social status of family