The word personality has been derived from the Latin word ‘Persona’, which was the mask which Greek actors wore while acting. This, however, is not the meaning taken in the modern word personality.
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Thus, personality is not a fixed state but dynamic totality which is continuously changing’s to interaction with the environment. Personality is known by the conduct, behaviour, activities, movements and everything else concerning the individual. It is the way of responding to the environment. The way in which an individual adjusts with the external environment is personality. Following are some definitions of personality
Munn, “Personality may be defined as the most characteristic integration of an individual’s structure, modes of behaviour, interests, attitudes, capacities, abilities and aptitudes.”
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All port, “Personality is a dynamic organization within the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine has unique adjustment to his environment.”
Watson, “Personality is the sum of the activities that can be discovered by actual observation over a long enough period of time t0 give reliable information.”
Woodworth, “Personality is the total quality of individual Behaviour” Gordon Allport, “Personality is the dynamic organisation m the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine unique adjustment of his environment of his environment.” The Personality is the organisation of internal and external activities.
It includes the external appearances, qualities, aptitudes and capacities, etc. It is the result of the interaction of the individual with the environment.
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It is not a collection of the traits, but a particular organisation of them. It is the total quality of the individual’s behaviour. Individual affects other individuals through his personality.