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PERSONALITY
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INDIVIDUAL
BEHAVIOUR
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3. PERSONALITY
Personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors that make a person unique.
Personality arises from within an individual and remains fairly consistent
throughout life. It is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique
characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person's behavior.
The study of the psychology of personality called personality psychology attempts
to explain the tendencies that underlie differences in behavior.
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4. COMPONENTS OF
PERSONALITY
Consistency: There is generally a recognizable order and regularity to behaviors.
Essentially, people act in the same ways or similar ways in a variety of situations.
Psychological and Physiological: Personality is a psychological construct, but research
suggests that it is also influenced by biological processes and needs.
It impacts behaviors and actions: Personality does not just influence how we move and
respond in our environment; it also causes us to act in certain ways.
Multiple Expressions: Personality is displayed in more than just behavior. It can also be
seen in our thoughts, feelings, close relationships, and other social interactions.
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5. NATURE OF PERSONALITY
Inner psychological characteristics that reflects how a person responds in an
environment.
Inner characteristics like traits that distinguish individuals.
Different individuals have different behavioural patterns.
Personality changes in respond to certain events.
Personality is both inherited as well as it can be shaped by the environment.
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6. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS
ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY?
(ARTICLE)
Nature versus Nurture
There is some evidence that both personality and addictive behaviours
have a genetic component.
One of these genes has also been associated with extroversion, another of
the big five personality dimensions. Extroversion refers to the degree to
which people “search for novel experiences and social connections that
allow them to interact with other humans as much as possible”.
It makes sense then that variants of these genes have been found to be
associated with “sensation seeking”, another dimension of
personality. Sensation seeking is a “trait defined by the seeking of novel
sensations, and the willingness to take physical, social, legal and financial
risks for the sake of such experiences”. People with addictive behaviours
also score high on this personality dimension.
Though to say these are genes for an addictive personality is a bit like
saying the genes for height are the basketball genes. While some people
who are tall are good at basketball, not all tall people have the opportunity
or desire to learn the game.
Similarly, not everybody with variants of the dopamine genes associated
with excessive behaviours develops problems with substance dependence
or other addictive behaviours. Environment is also important.
It’s likely that some people whose dopamine system is less efficient due to
genetic variations get their dopamine fix through other activities such as
car racing, snowboarding, surfing, sky diving and so on. And some people
who develop a dependence on alcohol and other drugs do not have this
genetic predisposition. They might develop problems due to a range of
environmental influences such as trauma or social modelling of drug use.
So while there are common factors associated with personality that
predict addiction, there is no personality type that will cause someone to
partake in excessive behaviours. Addiction has multiple causes and just
chalking it up to someone’s personality probably isn’t very helpful in
dealing with it.
Article By:
Mr. Stephen Bright
(Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University)
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7. FRAMEWORK OF
PERSONALITY
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Iceberg Theory
The Big 5 Model
The Myers Briggs
Type Indicators
Psychoanalytic
Theory

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9. ICEBERG THEORY
(SIGMUND FREUD)
The Conscious Mind: It contains all of the thoughts, memories, feelings, and wishes of
which we are aware at any given moment. It is the aspect of our mental processing that we
can think and talk about rationally. It also includes our memory, which is not always part of
consciousness but can be retrieved easily and brought into awareness.
The Preconscious Mind: It consists of anything that could potentially be brought into the
conscious mind.
The Unconscious Mind: It is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that
are outside of our conscious awareness. The unconscious contains contents that are
unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict.
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11. PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
(SIGMUND FREUD)
Id
• The Id is the impulsive and unconscious part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to basic
urges, needs, and desires. The id is not affected by reality, logic or the everyday world, as it operates within the
unconscious part of the mind.
Ego
• The ego develops to mediate between the unrealistic id and the external real world. It is the decision-making
component of personality.
• The ego operates according to the reality principle, working out realistic ways of satisfying the id’s demands. The
ego considers social realities and norms, etiquette and rules in deciding how to behave.
Super Ego
• The superego consists of two systems: The Conscience and the Ideal Self. The conscience can punish the ego
through causing feelings of guilt. The ideal self or ego ideal is an imaginary picture of how you ought to be, and
represents career aspirations, how to treat other people, and how to behave as a member of society.
• If the ego gives in to the id's demands, the superego may make the person feel bad through guilt.
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15. THE MYERS BRIGGS
TYPE INDICATOR
MBTI is a 100 question personality test that asks people how they usually feel or act in
situations.
Extraverted and Introverted (E or I): Extroverts gain energy by interacting with
others & Introverts draw energy from spending time alone.
Sensing and Intuitive (S or N): Sensors prefer concrete and factual information &
Intuitive types use their imagination or wider patterns to interpret information.
Thinking and Feeling (T or F): Thinkers make rational decisions based on logic &
Feelers make empathetic decisions considering others’ needs.
Judging and Perceiving (J or P): Judging types organize their life in a structured
manner; perceiving types are more flexible and spontaneous.
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18. THE BIG FIVE MODEL
The Big Five Model proposes that five basic dimensions underlie all others and encompass
most of the significant variation in human personality:
Openness: People who are high in this trait tend to be more adventurous and creative. People low in
this trait are often much more traditional and may struggle with abstract thinking.
Conscientiousness: It include high levels of thoughtfulness, good impulse control, and goal-directed
behaviors. Highly conscientious people tend to be organized and mindful of details. They plan ahead,
think about how their behavior affects others, and are mindful of deadlines.
Extraversion: People who are high in extraversion are outgoing and tend to gain energy in social
situations. People who are low in extraversion or introverted tend to be more reserved and have less
energy to expend in social settings.
Agreeableness: People who are high in agreeableness tend to be more cooperative while those low in
this trait tend to be more competitive and sometimes even manipulative.
Neuroticism: Neuroticism is a trait characterized by sadness, moodiness, and emotional instability.
Individuals who are high in this trait tend to experience mood swings, anxiety, irritability, and sadness.
Those low in this trait tend to be more stable and emotionally resilient.
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19. DETERMINANTS OF
PERSONALITY
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Biological
Factors
Cultural
Factors
Situational
Factors
Social
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20. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
The study of the biological contributions to personality might be studied
under three characteristics:
Brain: The brain is one of the most important personality determinants. It is generally
believed the father and the child adopt almost the same type of brain stimulation. Later,
differences are the result of the environment in which the child has grown.
Physical Factors: Physical characteristics includes, but are not limited to Height, Skin Tone,
Weight, Hair Color or Beauty. These factors influence interactions with other people
contributing to personality development.
Heredity Factors: Heredity is perhaps the most important factor in determining
personality as physical characteristics, gender, psychology and more are passed down
through genes.
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21. SOCIAL FACTORS
The society that we live in, the cultural environment that we face daily, the
community that we get interacted to, all are included in social factors.
Relationships, co-ordination, co-operation, interaction, environment in the family,
organization, workplace etc.
Socialization process is especially relevant to organizational behaviour because the
process is not confined to early childhood but rather taking place throughout one's
life.
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22. CULTURAL FACTORS
Our personality formation are the culture in which we are raised, our early
conditioning, the norms among our family, friends and social groups and other
influences we experience.
The culture largely determines attributes toward independence, aggression,
competition, and cooperation.
The personality of an individual to a marked extent is determined by the culture in
which he or she is brought up.
Example: A person reared in a western culture has a different personality from a
person reared in our Indian culture.
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23. SITUATIONAL FACTORS
An individual's personality, while generally stable and consistent, does change in
different situations.
They can be commonly observed when a person behaves contrastingly and exhibits
different traits and characteristics.
Knowledge, skills and language are obviously acquired and represent important
modifications to behaviour.
The different demands of different situations call forth different aspects of one's
personality.
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24. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR
Individual behavior can be defined as a mix of responses to external and internal stimuli. It is the way a
person reacts in different situations and the way someone expresses different emotions like anger,
happiness, love, etc.
Individual Behavior Framework
The psychological theory studies the patterns of interaction between an individual and the
environment. The theory is expressed using the formula:
B = F(P,E)
Where;
B - Behavior, F - Behavior Function, P – Person and E - Environment around the person.
Example: A well payed person who loses his job in recession may behave differently when unemployed.
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26. CAUSES OF
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR
Certain individual characteristics are responsible for the way a person behaves in daily life situations as well as reacts
to any emergency situations. These characteristics are categorized as:
Inherited Characteristics
The features individuals acquire from their parents or from our forefathers are the inherited characteristics. In other
words, the gifted features an individual possesses by birth is considered as inherited characteristics like the Color of a
person’s eye, Religion/Race of a person, Shape of the nose, Shape of earlobes, etc…
Learned Characteristics
Nobody learns everything by birth. First our school is our home, then our society, followed by our educational
institutions. The characteristics an individual acquires by observing, practicing and learning from others and the
surroundings is known as learned characteristics.
Perception: Result of different senses like feeling, hearing etc.
Values: Influences perception of a situation, decision making process.
Personality: Patterns of thinking, feeling, understanding and behaving.
Attitude: Positive or negative attitude like expressing one’s thought.
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27. BIBLIOGRAPHY27
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-personality-2795416
https://www.verywellmind.com/personality-psychology-4157179
https://www.verywellmind.com/trait-theory-of-personality-2795955
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-big-five-personality-dimensions-2795422
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-conscious-and-unconscious-mind-2795946
https://theconversation.com/is-there-such-thing-as-an-addictive-personality-120988

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