PERSONALITY
By personality the psychologist does not mean the amount of
charm or persuasiveness a person has at his command. He uses the term to mean
the habitual modes of thinking, feeling, and acting characteristic of a person.
In this sense, of course, everybody has a personality. It is the inevitable
product of growth. Just as there are
dimensions by which we might define the
physical appearance of an individual, so there are attributes of character and
temperament, intelligence, special abilities, and habitual ways of feeling and
acting which represent the psychological side of the individual.
The quality of an individual’s personality is considered in
terms of the amount of balance and grownupness achieved. The terms used to express this are adjustment
and emotional maturity. The professional
psychologist has a large inventory of signs by which he assesses the nature of
an individual’s adjustment.
Additionally, he has a battery of personality tests to assist him in the
determination.
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