Personality

Authors

  • Dr. Minakshi Saxena   Assistant Professor, Ph.D, M. A. Psychology, Hindi, English, Sanskrit

Keywords:

Behavior, Human Nature, Body Structure, Intellectual Capacity

Abstract

The personality of any person is his identity. The word personality itself stems from the Latin word persona, which refers to a theatrical mask worn by performers in order to either project different roles or disguise their identities. The personality of any person is made up of his qualities, defects, form, color, nature, speech, intellectual capacity etc. The word personality is used in different senses. Generally it is an outside perspective of a person. In philosophy it means intrinsic quality but in social psychology the term personality indicates neither an external quality nor an internal quality. It means as a unified whole. Every person tries to adjust himself in the external environment or his environment is his personality. In other words, personality is an automatic collection of physical and psychological traits of an individual.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology

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Published

2019-04-30

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Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April-2019

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Dr. Minakshi Saxena , " Personality, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp.772-776, March-April-2019.