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     Be able to define personality according to different

    perspectives;
     Be able to explain what is personality
    development;
     Be able to discuss the theories about the nature of
    personality;
     Be able to enumerate the elements that affect
    personality according to the varied theories of
    personality;
     Be able to differentiate between nature and
    nurture;
     Be able to recall the ‘The Big Five’ traits; and
     Be able to synthesize on the agencies that affect
    the development of personality
    ETYMOLOGY:

     the term “personality “ is believed to have been

    derived from the Latin word “persona”.

     generally defined as the deeply ingrained and

    relatively enduring patterns of thought, feeling and

    behavior

     the sum total of individual’s Psychological traits,

    characteristics, motives, habits, attitudes,beliefs

    and outlooks.

     a summation of overt and covert behavior.


     the process by which the organized thought
    and behavior patterns that make up a
    person's unique personality emerge over
    time.
    Heredity (Nature)
    Environment (Nurture)
     The Psychoanalytic Theory
    of Personality
     The Humanistic Theory of
    Personality
     Trait Theory
     Social Cognitive Theory
     Biological Perspective on
    Personality
     Behaviorist Theory
     developed by Sigmund Freud and
    argued that human personality
    comprises three elements, the id,
    the ego, and the superego.
     Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
    developed the humanistic theory of
    personality.
     They explained that personality stems
    from one’s desire to achieve their
    potential and focuses on
    psychological growth, free will, and
    personal awareness.
     Focuses on each individual's potential
    and stresses the importance of
    growth and self-actualization.
     developed by Raymond Cattell, who
    argued that a person’s personality is a
    series of traits that are stable over
    time.
     The approach narrows down a
    person’s personality to five core traits:
    openness, agreeableness,
    extraversion, neuroticism, and
    conscientiousness.
     Gordon Allport organized the
    thousands of personality traits into a
    hierarchy.
     Cardinal traits
     Central traits
     Secondary traits
     Hans Eysenck emphasized that
    biological inheritance is the origin of
    human traits.
     He categorized people as possessing
    either extroversion vs introversion,
    neuroticism vs stability abd
    psychoticism vs socialization.
     The social cognitive theory was
    developed by Albert Bandura and
    described how personality is
    developed through social learning
    and cognition.

     According to the theory, personality is


    formed by watching and learning
    from others and choosing whether to
    emulate their behavior.
     focuses on biology’s role, specifically
    genetics, in exploring the things that
    shape a person’s personality.

     According to previous studies,


    personality is somehow heritable
    meaning that a component of
    personality does come from genetics.
     states that the environment around
    the said person develops a person’s
    personality.

     The theory basically tries to explain


    how personalities are learnt and then
    reinforced by the person’s
    environment.

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