Determinants of personality are innumerable factors that affect the development of personality. "Personalities, like oak trees, take shape slowly." The following are the most important determinants in which lies the origin of personality: 1. Biological Determinants: Heredity provides the individual with a fund of potentialities and certain organismic conditions that determine, to a large degree, the type of his personality. [...]
This article throws light upon the three main factors influencing the development of personality of an individual. The factors are: 1. Genetic and Constitutional Factors 2. Socio-Cultural Factors 3. Significant Personal Experiences. 1. Genetic and Constitutional Factors: The genetic and constitutional factors influence the 'personality' of an individual. The body type of a person, the type of nervous system, functioning [...]
In this article we will discuss about the relationship between personality and character of an individual. Character is sometimes treated as a special phase of personality and in so far as personality is described as an additive phenomenon, it is said to consist of intelligence, and character or of character, temperament and intelligence. But what do we mean by character? [...]
