all determinants of personality and social psychological theory with examples. this is related with organizational behavior course of BBA . all factors are included in these slides.

1. Determinants of Personality

2. What is personality?
Personality can be described as the
collective qualities, characteristics,
disposition and values of the person
which distinguish him or her from
others, and which will affect the
manners he/she reacts towards or
interacts with other people and his/her
environment.

3. • Every person should be seen as on-going
development process.
• Every person has a different personality and
set of traits:-
1. Glamorous
2. Serious
3. Moody
4. Intellectual
5. Lovely
6. Neutral etc…..

5. Determinants of personality
1.Biological Factors
2.Cultural Factors
3.Social Factors
4.Situational Factors
5.Environment Factors

6. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
1. Brain :-
Brain is the one of the most important factors of
personality determinant. It is generally
believed that the father and the child adopt
almost the same type of brain stimulation
and the later differences are the result of the
environment in which the child has been
grown up.

7. 2. Physical Factors
One of the most important factors in
determining is the ‘Physical Characteristics’ of
an individual. It is believed that this factors
plays a vital role in determining one’s
behavior in any organization.
Physical feature may involve the height of the
person (short or tall), his color (white or
black), his health status (fat or skinny) and his
beauty (handsome or ugly).

8. 3. Heredity factors
• The heredity factors plays a very important
role as the major determinants and factors of
personality. Heredity factors are the one’s that
are determined at the time of conception.
These factors not only affect the physical
features of a person, but the intelligence level,
alternatives, gender, temperament, various,
inherited diseases and energy level, all get
affected by them.

9. Social Factors
Social Factors also play a vital role in determining
one’s personality. The things that revolve and
evolve around us on a regular basis development
determine our personality. The society that we
live in , the culture environment that we face
daily, the community that we get interacted to,
all are included in this factor. Relationships, co-
ordination, co-operation ,interaction,
environment in the family, organizations,
societies all contribute in way or another as
personality determinant.

10. Cultural Factors
The culture in which one live in, that
may involve traditional practices,
norms, customs, precedents and
values, all are important
determinants of personality.
Moreover, the creed, religion and
believes are also very important
factors of personality determinants.

11. Situational Factors
Although these factors do not literally create
and shape up an individual’s personality,
situational factors do alter a person’s behavior
and response from time to time.
The situational factor can be commonly
observed when a person behaves
contrastingly and exhibits different traits and
characteristics.

12. Environmental Factors
Among the factors that exert
pressures on our personality
formation are the culture in
which we are raised , our early
conditioning, the norms among
our family , friends and social
groups etc.

13. Socio-psychology theory

14. Social psychology is the study of how people
and groups interact.
Social psychology is the scientific study of how
people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are
influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied
presence of others.

15. The Socio-Psychological Theory
asserts that individual and society
are interlinked.
This means, an individual strives to
meet the needs of the society and the
society helps him to attain his goals.

16. Through this interaction, the personality of an individual
is determined.
According to this theory, the social variables and not the
biological instincts, are the important determinants in
shaping
the individual’s personality.
Here, the motivation is conscious, i.e. an individual
knows what are his needs and wants and what kind of
behavior is required
to meet these needs.

17. Thus, the theorists believe that socio-psychological factors, i.e.
the combination of both
the social (family, society, wealth, religion) and the
psychological factors (feelings, thoughts, beliefs)
play an important role in shaping the personality of an
individual.
It is the society from where the individual inculcates the
cultural values and the social norms,
which helps him in shaping his personality and influences
his behavior according to the external situations.