The very concept of personality is interpreted in psychology as contradictory. Some people think that a person is a person, while others say that one has to become a person in the course of social life. As a result, a person is either a set of innate qualities, or a set of acquired properties in the course of development.
It is the second option we will consider, focusing on the psychological properties of the individual .
Social life
Personality is both an object and a subject in society. That is, a person is not just a part of society, herds, but also his active link, which, though subject to the influence of society, yet still chooses and determines his own destiny.
Socially psychological properties of the personality are developed through communication, consumption and creation. The formation of these properties is influenced by a number of factors - the structure of the higher nervous system, the anatomical structure of man, the environment of communication, the ideology of society, the type of activity, etc.
Structure
Let us consider the main individual psychological properties of the personality and begin with the congenital - the temperament.
1. Temperament - this is not just the dynamics of human behavior, it is also a kind of nervous system. According to Pavlov and Hippocrates there are sanguine, phlegmatic, melancholic and choleric people. Carl Jung also divided us into four groups, but he called them high-anxiety and low-anxiety extroverts and introverts.
It is the temperament that predetermines the psychological properties of a person's personality, because understanding the boundaries of his nervous activity, a person can pick up an ideal job. We emphasize: it is important not to change the temperament (for it is in vain), but to find the kind of activity for which the qualities of this temperament will be most appropriate.
2. Character - this is the second line of morally psychological properties of the individual. Character is the attitude of a person to the surrounding reality. Character tetrahedral. He speaks of the relation of the individual to himself, to people, to activity and to moral values.
3. The third constituent of the personality is orientation, or motivation . You can not assess the behavior of a person without knowing about his motivation. Orientation is made up of interests, beliefs, ideals and, of course, needs.
4. And the last of the basic composite psychological properties of a person is abilities . Many believe that the abilities are innate. This is not true. A person may have a predisposition to a certain type of activity, but this ability will only turn into a combination of certain circumstances-study, development, upbringing.