Personality

First of all what is nature and nurture debate all about?

Nature can be seen personalities that are inherited from the family, in other terms the genes have been passed down from other members in the family that contributes to our personality, and the way we behave. Meanwhile nurture says our personality and behaviour is produced by the environment we live in.

Nomothetic approaches, this approach focuses on people in general, rather than a certain group of people. This is done through analysising group data. Believers in this approach suggest that personality is largely inherited instead of influenced by the environment. This perspective looks traits and characteristics, and then looked at as a whole. Then identified and measured, and finally put forward for test and observation.  This method is particularly helpful to managers. The nomothtic researchers take a positivism approach, which is looking at things from a scientific view, and mainly based on observation.

 Cattell used quantitative methods to analyse the data, he continued the study using basic traditional scientific methods to understand different people’s personality.   Cattell identified two main types of personality traits which are: surface traits and source traits.

  

Idiographic approach studies the personality and attempts to understand the individual and unique personality of people. Idiographic approach, this approach regards personality development as a process that is open to change; they all see the environment as a major factor in shaping peoples.  They also we people adapting with their environment, as a normal skill everyone has, this is said to make everyone unique in their own way.

Carl Jung theory identifies life energy as something that is concerned with hopes and goals of the future, and not just of post.

 Jung describes three levels of personality:

1)      A conscious

2)      An unconscious level

3)      A collective conscious level.

To conclude, the nature and nurture debate is important, however, according to what we are taught from a child in primary school, are genes and traits are gotten from people in our family, however i believe a load of factors, are taken into consideration to the development of an individual’s personality. In referral to the personality test, I agree with the rest.