13.4 Defining Personality

Question 1

What do character refer to in personality.?

Answer 1

A person’s values and moral / ethical principals

Question 2

What do temperament or nature refer to in terms of personality?

Answer 2

A person’s emotional orientation with genetic, physiological or biological connotations

Question 3

On what do many psychologists agree with regards to the explanation of personality?

Answer 3

Personality can be adequately explained ONLY IF the interaction between the characters or traits of a person
and the situation / environment is considered

Question 4

What is Allport’s widely accepted definition of personality?

Answer 4

The dynamic organisation within the individual
of those psychophysical systems
that determine
his characteristic behaviour and thought.

Question 5

How is personality seen from a work perspective?

Answer 5

As those attributes that fit the demand of the working environment.