Question

How do you definepersonality? What are the main approaches to the study of personality​

Answer 1

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The word ‘personality’ is derived from the Latin word ‘persona’, which means a mask orfalse face which Greek actors used to wear when acting on stage. According to Gordon Allport“Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychological systemsthqt determine his unique adjustments to his environment.”One of the major approaches to understanding personality was to develop theories on what itwas. There are many broad personality theories, which can be grouped into four categories: –

(i)Dynamic approaches, which emphasize on-going interaction among motives, impulses andpsychological processes.

(ii)Type and train approaches, which focus on people’s characteristics, stubbornness, shynessand so forth and how these characteristics are organized into systems.

(iii)Humanistic approaches, which emphasize the self and the importance of the individual’ssubjective view of the world.

(iv) Learning and behavioural approaches, which emphasize the way habits are acquiredthrough basic learning process

Answer 2

Answer:

Type approach psychologists believe that personality can be classified into broad categories. Traits are relatively stable, persistent and characteristic patterns of behaviour which makes the individual different from others. (i) These are overlapping, i.e., inclusive in nature.