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Chapter –V: Personality

What do you mean by Personality?

P r e s e n t e d b y : D r. K a l y a n i
Moharana PRESENTED BY - RANJITAMANI JENA
Meaning of Personality:
• The term personality is derived from the Latin word
persona, which means mask.
• For a layperson, personality generally refers to the
physical or external appearance of an individual.
• For example, when we find someone ‘good-looking’, we
often assume that the person also has a charming
personality.
• Rather than looking at parts of the person, personality
looks at some aggregate whole that is greater than the
sum of the parts. In psychological terms, personality
refers to our characteristic ways of responding to
• Personalities is aggregate qualities of a person. Like-
how people think, behave and reacts towards the
situation. It is not individual looks physically.

Cognitive abilities

affective abilities conative abilities


Definition of personality:
• Personality is the dynamic organization within an
i ndi vi du a l o f t h o s e ps yc h o l o gi c a l s ys t em s t h a t
determine his unique adjustments to his environment.
By –Gorden Allport

• Personality refers to deeply ingrained pattern of


behavio ur which include the way o ne relates to ,
perceives and thinks about the environment and one self.
By- American psychiatric Association (1987)
Classification of personality:
Allport classification:
Ascendant • Try to dominate the situation
• They are outgoing and interested in the
world around him

Descendant • Submissive
• Day dreaming, withdraws from social and
competitive situations
Type –A & Type –B Personality:
Type –A • Th e s e s p e r s o n s a r e h a r d dr i vi n g a n d
Personalit c o m p e t i t i v e , s e e k r e c o g n i t i o n a n d
y advancement and take on multiple activities
with to meet.
• They live under constant pressure largely
over their own making. Feel stress and
c o n t ro l t h em s el ves bec o m e h o s t i l i t y,
anxious and disorganized
• They want to do/ perform task near their
maximum capacity no matter what is the
situation call for
Type-B • These peoples are quite opposite . Easy
Personalit going, non competitive,
y • They bear stress easily . They are live
longer than Type A persons
• These are work harder when given deadline.
Major theoretical approaches to personality:
Theory Assumption

1.Dynamic Personality
theories
• Psychoanalytic theories
by Sigmund Freud
• Jung’s analytical
psychology
• Psychosocial theory by
Erikson

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