Determinants of personality + social psychological theoy

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:- Glamorous Serious Moody Intellectual Lovely Neutral etc…..

4. Determinants of personality Biological Factors Cultural Factors Social Factors Situational Factors Environment Factors

5. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS Brain :- Brain is the one of the most important f ac tors 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.

6. 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).

7. 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.

8. 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 .

9. 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 .

10. 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.

11. 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 .

12. Socio-psychology theory

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

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