Review of personality development

Appropriate for B.Sc. Nursing, P.B.B.Sc.Nursing & M.Sc. Nursing

1. Review of personality
development

2. REVIEW OF PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
TejalVirola
M.Sc.Nursing(MHN)

3. Learning Objectives
•Define personality
•Enlist factors influencing personality
•Describe factors influencing personality

4. Introduction
•Personality refers to deeply ingrained patterns
of behaviour, which include the way one
relates to, perceives and thinks about the
environment and oneself .
(American Psychiatric Association-1987)

5. Factors influencing personality
Biological Environmental

6. Biological
Heredity
Endocrine Glands
Physique
Nervous System

8. Heredity
•At conception when the egg cell of the female
is fertilized by the sperm cell of the male, each
new human being receives a genetic
inheritance that provides potentialities for
development and behavioral traits throughout
a lifetime
•The principal raw materials of personality -
physique, intelligence and temperament are
the result of heredity.

10. Endocrine Glands
•Secretion of endocrine glands affect physical
growth, emotional growth and mental growth
•Thyroid Gland –regulation of body
metabolism
•Parathyroid Gland –calcium metabolism
•Other glands

12. Physique
•Size, strength and general appearance
determines to a larger extent the way in which
he behaves towards others and how others
react towards him

14. Nervous System
•Entire behaviour is effectively managed and
controlled by the co-ordination and
functioning of the nervous system
•How we will behave in particular situation
depends upon judgement of our brain

15. Environmental Factors
Family School Teacher
Peer group
Sibling
Relationship
Mass media
Culture

16. Family
•The reaction of the
family environment
towards an individual,
and the role of parents,
are very important in
the moulding of
personality.

17. School
•The friendships and acquaintances which are made
among the children themselves
•The type of curriculum in the schools, which affects
the habitual responses of children
•well-furnished laboratories, adequate playground, etc

18. Teacher
•Teacher can help in modifying children's personalities.
•He is the most powerful source of stimulation for the
child.
•If he/she possesses desirable personal and social
modes or reactions, he will inculcate them among his
students.

19. Peer Group
•Children imitate peers and try to be like them in many
respects.
•The peer group serves as an important reference
group in shaping personality traits and characteristics
of the growing child.

20. Sibling Relationship
•The number of siblings
as well as their sex and
age has a considerable
influence on the
development of both
favorableand
unfavorablepersonality
traits like
cooperativeness,
sharing, aggressiveness,
jealousy, etc

21. Mass Media
•Mass media includes
films, television, radio,
printed literature, etc.
Mass media has a
considerable impact on
attitudes, values, beliefs
and behaviorpatterns.

22. Culture
•Culture influences
personality because
every culture has a set
of ethical and moral
values, beliefs and
norms which
considerably shapes
behavior.