Introduction of personality development continue-M.A(RD) Sem-II in English
Child(1968) includes consistency(within an individual) and difference(between individuals) in his definition, and Allport(1961) refers to characteristic patterns of behaviour within an individual. These are also important considerations. So personality is what makes our actions, thoughts and feelings consistent(or relatively consistent), and it is also what makes us different from one another.
When we talk of personality, we don’t mean a person has charm, a positive attitude toward life, a smiling face, or a place as a finalist for “Miss Beautiful Smile” in this year’s Miss India contest. When psychologists talk of personality, they mean a dynamic concept describing the growth and development of a person’s whole psychological system.
The definition of personality we most frequently use was produced by Gordon Allport nearly 70 years ago. He said personality is “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment.”For our purposes , you should think of personality as the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others. We most often describe it in terms of the measurable traits a person exhibits.