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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Personality development is the developing a personality cult so as to create a strong
positive impression about self with the targeted group, or in general; and more pertinent
aspect of such personality is to maintain and prove in a long run.
The term ‘personality’ is derived from the Latin word persona, meaning the mask which the
actors wore on the Greek and Roman stage to distinguish their roles and amplify their
voices. Why should the mask or outward appearance be used to designate something so
essentially inward as personality? Precisely because it is a convenient symbol with which to
mark o$ the individuality of or di$erence between one man and another.
The three principal raw materials of personality – physique, intelligence and temperament –
are determined both by heredity and by conditions subsequent to birth.
The experiences that an individual has during the course of his life contribute in a large
number of ways to the formation and development of his personality.
The interaction between the individual’s heredity and environment gives rise to what are
known as the traits of his personality. Some examples of traits are cleanliness, honesty,
cheerfulness, miserliness, irresponsibility.
A trait that derives its meaning from being related to a speci*c thing, person or idea is
known as an attitude.
We de*ne personality as the sum total of the man or woman, as he or she impresses other
men and women.We must learn what part personality plays in the three main areas of
human life activities: love and marriage, career, and social relations.
According to Freud, the personality is a trinity consisting of id, ego and superego. The id is a
reservoir of psychic energy and the source of the human instincts. It furnishes the power
that sustains a person’s activities. The ego is a special part of the id which keeps the
individual in touch with the outside world, and *nds outlets for the expression of his
instincts. The superego is a kind of moral censor which passes judgment on the individual’s
strivings according to the standards which he has acquired from his parents. It makes him
feel guilty when he goes against those standards, and proud of himself when he lives up to
them.
According to Jung, the personality consists of six parts: the ego, the personal unconscious,
the collective unconscious, the persona, the anima, and the shadow.
The ego requires little explanation. It is what is more generally known as the conscious
mind. It is made up of conscious perceptions, memories, thoughts and feelings. The
personal unconscious consists of experiences which have been repressed or forgotten, but
which can under certain circumstances be recalled. The collective unconscious is a
storehouse of ancestral memories which is common to the whole race. The personal is that
side of ourselves which we choose to display to society. The personal is thus a mask which
often hides the true nature of the personality. The anima is the feminine side of a man’s
personality. Its counterpart is the masculine side of a woman’s personality, which is known
as the animus. The shadow is the animal side of man’s nature.

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In Jung’s view the personality looks not only backwards to its racial past, but also forwards
to a goal, which is the development of a uni*ed whole known as the self. The self or psyche,
according to Jung, has four basic functions, which are present in every individual. These are
thought, feeling, sensation and intuition. Thought seeks to understand the world on the
basis of a true-false evaluation; feeling apprehends it on the basis of a pleasant-unpleasant
evaluation; sensation perceives things through the senses; intuition perceives them through
an inner awareness.
Jung says that the personality reveals two attitudes. They are introversion and
extraversion. The introvert is in1uenced by what he *nds within himself. The extravert
takes his bearings from what lies outside himself.
The essence of Adler’s theory of personality is the doctrine of a creative self, which asserts
that man makes his own personality out of the raw materials of heredity and experience.
Adler’s conception of the nature of personality thus coincides with the popular idea that man
can be the master, and not the victim, of his fate.
Alder says that the individual’s style of life or law of movement is an expression of his total
personality. The style of life is the individual’s characteristic way of reacting to the
situations that confront him in life.
To Freud’s basic scheme of id, ego and superego Horney has added the concept of what she
calls the ‘idealized image’. This is the mental picture that a person has of himself as he
would like to be. A man who is a failure will picture himself as a success.
It is a face-saving device which enables the individual to retain a good opinion of himself in
spite of evidence to the contrary.
Important Points for an Ultimate Personality:

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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ? Personality development is the developing a personality cult so as to create a strong positive impression about self with the targeted group, or in general; and more pertinent aspect of such personality is to maintain and prove in a long run. The term 'personality' is derived from the Latin word?persona, meaning the mask which the actors wore on the Greek and Roman stage to distinguish their roles and amplify their voices.? Why should the mask or outward appearance be used to designate something so essentially inward as personality? Precisely because it is a convenient symbol with which to mark off the individuality of or difference between one man and another. The three principal raw materials of personality - physique, intelligence and temperament - are determined both by heredity and by conditions subsequent to birth. The experiences that an individual has during the course of his life contribute in a large number of ways to the formation and development of his personality. The interaction between the individual's heredity and environment gives rise to what are known as the traits of his personality.? Some examples of traits are cleanliness, honesty, cheerfulness, miserliness, irresponsibility. A trait that derives its meaning from being related to a specific thing, person or idea is known as an attitude. We define personality as the sum total of the man or woman, as he or she impresses other men and women.We must learn what part personality ...
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