This document discusses the determinants of personality. There are five main determinants: genetic determinants which include biological and social heredity passed down from ancestors; physiological determinants related to a person's physical traits; psychological determinants involving things like cognition and emotions; social determinants such as family, economic status, and schooling; and cultural determinants involving the internalization and institutionalization of cultural values, beliefs, and practices. Each determinant influences the development of a person's unique and evolving personality pattern.

1. Determinants of Personality
Prem Lata Goel
M.Ed student
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2. What is Personality?
 Latin word-”persona”__”mask”worn by Greek
actors. The effect and influence left by an
individual (with mask) on the audience.
 Personality is a complex blend of a constantly
evolving and changing pattern of one’s unique
behaviour, emerged as a result of one’s
interaction with one’s environment and directed
towards some specific ends.

3. Determinants of Personality
 Genetic Determinants
 Physiological Determinants
 Psychological Determinants
 Social Determinants
 Cultural Determinants

4. Genetic Determinants
 Biological Heredity– Inherited from forefathers in the
form of chromosomes.
 Social Heredity--- Inherited from preceding
generations in the form of social traditions, customs
and skills. Acquired knowledge and skills are
transmitted to the succeeding generations.

5. Principles of Heredity
 Principle of resemblance
 Principle of Variability
 Genetic Material: Germ cells carry all the characteristics of
potential child.
 Mechanism of Heredity: Zygote of 46 chromosomes. Minute
particles called genes located on chromosomes.
 Genetic Code: Chromosomes-long organic molecules of
substance DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) connected by chemical
bonds.
 Dominant and Recessive Traits:Both genes foster identical
characteristics-Homozygous condition.
Both paired genes differ in a given characteristic-
Heterozygous .

6. Social Determinants
 Role of Home:The first and immediate environment.
 Family Morale:Good moral pattern and discord family
pattern.
 Economic Factor
 Role of school
 Role of the teacher

7. Cultural Determinants
 Internalization of values,ideas,beliefs
 Institutionalization: Religions, faiths and creeds with
different religious faiths ,beliefs, prayers and cultural
programmes.

8. ANY QUESTIONS
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