Factors Affecting

Personality

GROUP MEMBERS
ANURAG DAS
DIVYAJIT MAHAKUL
What is personality?
 Personality refers to a person’s constant pattern of behaviour
while reacting to a perticular sittuation.
 The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an
individual’s distinctive character.
 It came from a greek word “persona”.
FACTOR AFFECTING
PERSONALITY
 INDIVIDUAL FACTORS
 SOCIAL FACTORS
 INDIVIDUAL FACTORS :-
These are the factors that can not changed
developed. individual factor include :-
 Heredity – Heredity is something that passes from
generation to generation. It is due to genetic
transfer from parents to children.
 Physique - Physique of a person affect his personality
.That is his/her enduring, biological Makeup affect
his personality.
 Biological factors – The endocrine glands like
thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary gland, adrenal glands,
gonads etc. will affect personality of a person. This
ability enables him to mould the social environment
according to his requirements.
 Nervous system – Nature of nervous system also
affect personality development of a person.
 Intelligence – Person who are very intelligent can
make better adjustment in social environment.
 SOCIAL FACTORS :-
Other than individual factors will also affects the
personality of a person. These are factors
occurred due to the surrounding of person. Such
factors are as follows -

1. Family – First and foremost factor that influence the

personality development of a person is his family.
Parent’s behavior and attitude, their expectations
from the child, their education and attention to the
child, influences the child’s personality. The type of
experience received from family in early childhood
will play an important role in the development of
personality.
 School – Next social factor that affect the child’s
personal development is the school. School
atmosphere and discipline affects personality
development of a child. Teacher’s personality and
character, peer students attitude and character all
influences personality of a child’s development.

 Maturation – Maturation improves the coordination

of numerous relationship.
 Early experience – one’s experience is influencing
the personality of a person. Bitter experience and
positive experience suffered by person early in the
stage of life is also affects personality of a person.

 Success and failures – success and failures suffered

in the life also plays a key role in developing
personality of a person. It may play as a role of
motivation and demotivation in a person’s life.
 Cultural – The cultural traditions, values
accepted in a particular society are the
cultural environment. These factors influence
development of a persons personality.

 Physical and social – Physical and social

environment such as country of birth and living
will also affects the development of a person’s
personality.
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